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master bf8b8cc 2/2: Improve some quotation quoting in the Emacs manual
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
Subject: |
master bf8b8cc 2/2: Improve some quotation quoting in the Emacs manual |
Date: |
Sun, 16 May 2021 09:30:59 -0400 (EDT) |
branch: master
commit bf8b8cc6c57e051e11306aa9c409dc4ed8c442bc
Author: Sebastian Urban <mrsebastianurban@gmail.com>
Commit: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Improve some quotation quoting in the Emacs manual
* doc/emacs/text.texi (Quotation Marks, Quotation Marks):
* doc/emacs/display.texi (Text Display): Fix some issues when
quoting quote marks and the like (bug#35885).
* doc/emacs/emacs.texi: Switch on double-sided printing headings.
Copyright-paperwork-exempt: yes
---
doc/emacs/basic.texi | 2 +-
doc/emacs/display.texi | 8 ++++----
doc/emacs/emacs.texi | 1 +
doc/emacs/text.texi | 15 +++++++--------
4 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/emacs/basic.texi b/doc/emacs/basic.texi
index 4a34fd3..666a4795 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/basic.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/basic.texi
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ just like digits. Case is ignored.
@cindex curly quotes, inserting
@cindex curved quotes, inserting
A few common Unicode characters can be inserted via a command
-starting with @kbd{C-x 8}. For example, @kbd{C-x 8 [} inserts @t{‘}
+starting with @w{@kbd{C-x 8}}. For example, @kbd{C-x 8 [} inserts @t{‘}
which is Unicode code-point U+2018 @sc{left single quotation mark},
sometimes called a left single ``curved quote'' or ``curly quote''.
Similarly, @w{@kbd{C-x 8 ]}}, @kbd{C-x 8 @{} and @kbd{C-x 8 @}} insert the
diff --git a/doc/emacs/display.texi b/doc/emacs/display.texi
index 58d08b4..5fccdaa 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/display.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/display.texi
@@ -1649,10 +1649,10 @@ for details.
@cindex curved quotes, and terminal capabilities
@cindex @code{homoglyph} face
-Emacs tries to determine if the curved quotes @samp{‘} and @samp{’}
+Emacs tries to determine if the curved quotes @t{‘} and @t{’}
can be displayed on the current display. By default, if this seems to
-be so, then Emacs will translate the @acronym{ASCII} quotes (@samp{`}
-and @samp{'}), when they appear in messages and help texts, to these
+be so, then Emacs will translate the @acronym{ASCII} quotes @w{(@samp{`}
+and @samp{'})}, when they appear in messages and help texts, to these
curved quotes. You can influence or inhibit this translation by
customizing the user option @code{text-quoting-style} (@pxref{Keys in
Documentation,,, elisp, The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}).
@@ -1661,7 +1661,7 @@ Documentation,,, elisp, The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}).
known to look just like @acronym{ASCII} characters, they are shown
with the @code{homoglyph} face. Curved quotes that are known not to
be displayable are shown as their @acronym{ASCII} approximations
-@t{`}, @t{'}, and @t{"} with the @code{homoglyph} face.
+@samp{`}, @samp{'}, and @samp{"} with the @code{homoglyph} face.
@node Cursor Display
@section Displaying the Cursor
diff --git a/doc/emacs/emacs.texi b/doc/emacs/emacs.texi
index 590dc42..e0de3bb 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/emacs.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/emacs.texi
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ Cover art by Etienne Suvasa; cover design by Matt Lee.
@end titlepage
+@headings double
@summarycontents
@contents
diff --git a/doc/emacs/text.texi b/doc/emacs/text.texi
index 2c9d486..f2fe248 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/text.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/text.texi
@@ -421,13 +421,12 @@ beginning of a line.
@cindex curved quotes
@cindex guillemets
@findex electric-quote-mode
-@c The funny quoting below is to make the printed version look
-@c correct. FIXME.
+
One common way to quote is the typewriter convention, which quotes
-using straight apostrophes @t{'like this'} or double-quotes @t{"like
+using straight apostrophes @samp{'like this'} or double-quotes @samp{"like
this"}. Another common way is the curved quote convention, which uses
-left and right single or double quotation marks `@t{like this}' or
-``@t{like this}''@footnote{
+left and right single or double quotation marks @t{‘like this’} or
+@t{“like this”}@footnote{
The curved single quote characters are U+2018 @sc{left single quotation
mark} and U+2019 @sc{right single quotation mark}; the curved double quotes
are U+201C @sc{left double quotation mark} and U+201D @sc{right double
@@ -445,7 +444,7 @@ default quotes listed above, by customizing the variable
@code{electric-quote-chars}, a list of four characters, where the
items correspond to the left single quote, the right single quote, the
left double quote and the right double quote, respectively, whose
-default value is @code{'(?@r{`} ?@r{'} ?@r{``} ?@r{''})}.
+default value is @w{@code{'(@w{?}‘ ?’ ?“ ?”)}}.
@vindex electric-quote-paragraph
@vindex electric-quote-comment
@@ -461,7 +460,7 @@ variables.
@vindex electric-quote-replace-double
You can also set the option @code{electric-quote-replace-double} to
-a non-@code{nil} value. Then, typing @t{"} insert an appropriate
+a non-@code{nil} value. Then, typing @kbd{"} insert an appropriate
curved double quote depending on context: @t{“} at the beginning of
the buffer or after a line break, whitespace, opening parenthesis, or
quote character, and @t{”} otherwise.
@@ -473,7 +472,7 @@ To toggle it globally, type
type @kbd{C-q `} or @kbd{C-q '} instead of @kbd{`} or @kbd{'}. To
insert a curved quote even when Electric Quote is disabled or
inactive, you can type @kbd{C-x 8 [} for @t{‘}, @kbd{C-x 8 ]} for
-@t{’}, @kbd{C-x 8 @{} for ``, and @kbd{C-x 8 @}} for ''.
+@t{’}, @kbd{C-x 8 @{} for @t{“}, and @kbd{C-x 8 @}} for @t{”}.
@xref{Inserting Text}. Note that the value of
@code{electric-quote-chars} does not affect these keybindings, they
are not keybindings of @code{electric-quote-mode} but bound in