From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#16439: [feature request] Highlighting of strings within Info buffers Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2020 16:03:03 +0200 Message-ID: <87a6xngp2g.fsf@gnus.org> References: <86lhyic1ik.fsf@somewhere.org> <1394187.cuqsIWxxGs@descartes> <27136a64-176c-4312-a2aa-c86e81091a76@default> <874n4z3tb7.fsf@mail.jurta.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="31378"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: ruediger@c-plusplus.de, sva-news@mygooglest.com, 16439@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 18 16:04:10 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kJGzg-00082W-VI for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 18 Sep 2020 16:04:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50742 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kJGzf-0006GP-Uw for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 18 Sep 2020 10:04:07 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:55312) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kJGza-0006GA-U7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Sep 2020 10:04:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:60553) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kJGza-000729-LA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Sep 2020 10:04:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kJGza-0000Qt-HE for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Sep 2020 10:04:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2020 14:04:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 16439 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 16439-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B16439.16004378051602 (code B ref 16439); Fri, 18 Sep 2020 14:04:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 16439) by debbugs.gnu.org; 18 Sep 2020 14:03:25 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43864 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kJGyz-0000Pm-9k for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 18 Sep 2020 10:03:25 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:54794) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kJGyx-0000PN-E5 for 16439@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 18 Sep 2020 10:03:24 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=Psrl4hrGgi7A/cGJIj7tT5rqsSKD41XDxOI3one0Gqo=; b=RPNQfYjHZv9BdXQekr1XJIcHAD uJlYrQwydrsF48kMMPviK9CsFpig35vp8R66UXv2SfHi7f7srmxM9Oe352nK/ukU06ve1VhxRrhN6 7YvbdnfgIV+0u3jTNujywLURlpT7VeCqzAbreTYbpbmDr8ZxMQvWosjwIXP5nfn3Wtr8=; Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=xo) by quimby with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kJGye-0006Zc-UB; Fri, 18 Sep 2020 16:03:09 +0200 X-Now-Playing: Stina Nordenstam's _The World Is Saved_: "The End Of A Love Affair" In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Mon, 20 Jan 2014 09:10:28 -0500") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:188313 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >> The problem is how to highlight strings only in code samples >> because in other places highlighting "..." makes no sense. >> Look for example in the node (info "(emacs) Package Keywords"): >> Most optional features in Emacs are grouped into "packages". >> Should "packages" be highlighted as a string. Of course not. >> There is no additional emphasis on quotations in books. > > Indeed. The "right answer" is to move away from the Info format and > rely on something more structured that we could render in a much more > pretty way, using bold, italics, and friends. Yup. I don't think there's anything much that can be done here that won't break other examples, so I'm closing this bug report. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no