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bug#26998: 25.2; Please don't curly quote example code in docstring.
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npostavs |
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bug#26998: 25.2; Please don't curly quote example code in docstring. |
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Sat, 20 May 2017 18:44:54 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.2 (gnu/linux) |
Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com> writes:
>
> I don't follow anymore those lists, is this documented somewhere ?
See `(elisp) Keys in Documentation'.
>> So I guess all existing lisp doc-strings everywhere are supposed to be
>> audited for use of ' and \= escapes added where needed.
>
> Also I guess this is not compatible with older emacs ?...
Actually, I see it's documented as far back as 19.34 (earliest tag I can
find...).
> I found `text-quoting-style' which is nil by default which seems to be
> same as 'curve, setting it to 'grave fixed my docstrings, would be great
> to make 'grave the default.
Even if 'grave' was the default, the docstrings with unescaped quotes
would still be broken for people who chose 'curve'.