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Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 9d35bb8: Fix minor quoting problems in doc stri


From: Dmitry Gutov
Subject: Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 9d35bb8: Fix minor quoting problems in doc strings
Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 01:30:07 +0300
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On 05/20/2015 01:01 AM, Paul Eggert wrote:

-with a space, for which the regexp is `\\` '.  See the source file for
+with a space, for which the regexp is ‘\\` ’.  See the source file for

-with a #, for which the regexp is `\\`#'.  See the source file for
+with a #, for which the regexp is ‘\\`#’.  See the source file for

-Match addresses of the style ``name%[stuff].'' when called with DELIM
-of \"%\" and addresses of the style address@hidden'' when
+Match addresses of the style “name%[stuff].” when called with DELIM
+of \"%\" and addresses of the style address@hidden when

-Used for file name completion.  Must not contain `'', `,' and `\"'
+Used for file name completion.  Must not contain ‘'’, ‘,’ and ‘\"’

FWIW, these bits don't look quoting-method-agnostic to me.

-  "Whether to show ``[N]'' for the Nth item up to 10.
+  "Whether to show “[N]” for the Nth item up to 10.

The curly double quotes raise additional questions: would they be used everywhere instead of the escaped straight double-quotes (present in other places in your patch)? Do they have any special meaning, like the single quotes?



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