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Re: Upcoming loss of usability of Emacs source files and Emacs.


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: Upcoming loss of usability of Emacs source files and Emacs.
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 10:44:38 +0300

> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 00:05:48 -0700
> From: Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden, address@hidden
> 
> May 8 predates the changes involving curved quotes, so the comments in your 
> email don't apply to the current Emacs master.  The current Emacs and Elisp 
> manuals say how to enter curved quotes and etc/NEWS briefly notes the 
> changes. 
> It no longer takes 8 keystrokes (or even 4) to enter a curved quote -- I 
> suggest 
> using the new Electric Quote minor mode, where it typically takes just 1 
> keystroke.  Other shorthands are also available.

I suggest to mention the Electric Quote mode (and perhaps other
related features for typing those characters) in NEWS, and have that
referenced right where we describe in NEWS their use in doc strings.



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