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bug#60454: 30.0.50; `format-message' does not allow displaying "`" and "


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: bug#60454: 30.0.50; `format-message' does not allow displaying "`" and "'" verbatim
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2022 11:39:35 -0500
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13)

>> However, sometimes, it is desired to keep these chars literal.
>> For example, `org-assert-version' displays a warning that suggests Elisp
>> code:
>>
>> (warn "...
>>    It is recommended to put
>>     (straight-use-package 'org)
>> ...")
>
> The mangling only happens in the format string.  Pass the text as
> argument and substitute it with %s.
>
> (warn "...
>    It is recommended to put
>     %s
> ..." "(straight-use-package 'org)")

That's rather cumbersome.
I think it would make a lot of sense to offer escapes like %' and %`


        Stefan






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