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* bug#2967: smart quotes in .emacs
@ 2009-04-12 12:53 Kit O'Connell
  2009-04-13 12:23 ` Stefan Monnier
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
From: Kit O'Connell @ 2009-04-12 12:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: bug-gnu-emacs

Hi,

I was troubleshooting a friend's .emacs issues with the help of some
internet assistance. When I copy/pasted people's suggested .emacs
entries, some smart quotes got into the file, causing error messages.
You can see the whole process of how this happened here:
http://dreamcafe.com/words/2009/04/11/help-us-dr-internet-emacs-edition/#comment-5222

I think it would be good if emacs looked for smart quotes in .emacs
files and gave a warning or notice if it detected them. This would
help troubleshooting.

Kit







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2009-04-12 12:53 bug#2967: smart quotes in .emacs Kit O'Connell
2009-04-13 12:23 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-08-10 19:59   ` Glenn Morris
2017-06-07  3:46     ` npostavs
2017-06-07  5:09       ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-07-17  0:49         ` npostavs
2017-07-22  9:20           ` Eli Zaretskii
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