On 2016-09-22 13:04, Drew Adams wrote:
> What looks exactly (AFAICT) like the backquote you typed at the prompt
> is NOT the same as the character that precedes "list-directory" in the
> buffer.  And it is not matched to that character by Isearch.  That
> character is LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK.
> 
> What you see is definitely NOT what you get.  And you wonder...

Hi Drew,

I wonder which fonts you're using.  I've attached a screenshot of what it looks for me in emacs -Q.

Cheers,
Clément.