From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#46926: Remove the quotes from highlighted/linked symbols when displaying docs Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2021 01:02:24 -0500 Message-ID: References: <8335xa25wy.fsf@gnu.org> <_H0XqIXt1dfP3H0t7B5ffiqUQfbMsO6VjonudikF85OIm5y8BWOkrXn4_dedZzvdxv4o5Ug2rhFkFqAqNuS9-XIKRsSy2P4IBrBE5QMtK9I=@protonmail.com> <83y2f2zrz6.fsf@gnu.org> <87eeguu0q0.fsf@gnus.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="37164"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: stefan@marxist.se, larsi@gnus.org, 46926@debbugs.gnu.org To: scame Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 14 07:03:32 2021 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 1lLJqe-0009X9-7P for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 14 Mar 2021 07:03:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59008 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lLJqd-0006bs-34 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 14 Mar 2021 01:03:31 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:44208) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lLJqA-0006bm-99 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Mar 2021 01:03:02 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:49508) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lLJq9-0001s9-Vr for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Mar 2021 01:03:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lLJq9-000665-Qu for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Mar 2021 01:03:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Richard Stallman Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2021 06:03:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 46926 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 46926-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B46926.161570175423401 (code B ref 46926); Sun, 14 Mar 2021 06:03:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 46926) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Mar 2021 06:02:34 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:32821 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lLJpi-00065N-3H for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 14 Mar 2021 01:02:34 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:54534) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lLJpg-00065B-FG for 46926@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 14 Mar 2021 01:02:32 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:48232) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lLJpa-0001XE-Pc; Sun, 14 Mar 2021 01:02:26 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1lLJpY-0000Zc-Ln; Sun, 14 Mar 2021 01:02:24 -0500 In-Reply-To: (message from scame on Sat, 13 Mar 2021 06:08:31 +0000) 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:202330 Archived-At: [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > > The purpose of quotes in Texinfo output is to make semantic > > distinctions. In other words, to show what kind of role that text > > plays in the program being documented. > In the main body of the Help text only symbols are linked AFAIK. Is > that right? > So the quotes don't convey any extra meaning and the symbols are linked, > so they can be clicked to instantly see their documentation. The quotes > are just extra noise in the rendered output, breaking the visual flow of > the text unnecessarily. Can you please tell me how I can look at an instance of what you mean? -- Dr Richard Stallman Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org) Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)