Re: [PATCH] standards: rewrite section on quoting

[Paul Eggert]

On 12/21/11 03:04, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>  In the C locale, GNU programs should stick to plain ASCII for quotation
> -characters in messages to users: preferably 0x60 (@samp{`}) for left
> -quotes and 0x27 (@samp{'}) for right quotes.  It is ok, but not
> -required, to use locale-specific quotes in other locales.
> +characters in messages to users: preferably 0x27 (@samp{'}) for both
> +opening and closing quotes.

That last clause is still suggesting British-style quoting.
It should suggest either American or British style;
something like this:

  preferably either 0x22 ({samp{"}) or 0x27 (@samp{'}) for
  both opening and closing quotes.