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Re: origin of `notation'
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
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Re: origin of `notation' |
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Mon, 14 Nov 2011 22:50:50 +0200 |
> Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:22:54 -0600
> From: "Buchs, Kevin" <buchs.kevin@mayo.edu>
>
> In emacs documentation, what is the origin of using the accent grave
> (backtick) to introduce a quoted phrase, often a command, while using an
> apostrophe to terminate it. Example: (info) Keys and Commands: 1st
> paragraph: "binding" is quoted as such, but 2nd paragraph, `next-line' is
> quoted that way. If someone who knows the answer will take the time to
> answer, I promise I will document it on the Emacs wiki. Does this extend
> beyond emacs? Beyond GNU & FSF?
That's what Texinfo produces for symbols in programming languages,
like Lisp and C, in the on-line manual. (In the printed manual,
there's no quotes, but the name of the symbol is typeset in monospace
typeface.)