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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>, Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>,
	20385@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#20385: [PATCH] Support curved quotes in doc strings
Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 18:23:16 -0700 (PDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <dd88cc22-97d7-43b4-94e6-4689ac9228bf@default> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <555686B7.60808@cs.ucla.edu>

Our Esteemed Spokesman for Generation Z spake thus: 

> Although Emacs old-timers are used to quoting `like this', to
> newbies it's a weird and offputting relic from ancient history.

Ooooo.  Please show your research that led to that conclusion.

Just how did you measure the feelings and reactions of our
newbie population?  Did you poll newbie Emacs users, for
example?  What were the results?  How did you analyze them?

How did you compare the feelings of weirdness and
offputtingness our newbies expressed about `...' with those
they expressed about other aspects of Emacs, and about Emacs
in general?  How does their reaction to `...' compare with
their reaction to `M-x', `C-u C-x =', Lisp, and all the rest?

Where's the beef?

 - Decrepit soixante-huitards would like to know.





  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-05-16  1:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 100+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-04-20 18:39 bug#20385: [PROPOSED PATCH] Support quoting 'like this' in doc strings Paul Eggert
2015-04-20 19:37 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-04-21  0:18   ` Paul Eggert
2015-04-21  0:53     ` Drew Adams
2015-04-21  1:14     ` Stefan Monnier
2015-04-21  1:30       ` Drew Adams
2015-04-21  1:58         ` Stefan Monnier
2015-04-21  3:45       ` Paul Eggert
2015-04-21 14:52         ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-21 18:04           ` Stefan Monnier
2015-04-21 18:25             ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-21 19:34               ` Stefan Monnier
2015-04-21 19:50                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-21 20:01                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-04-22  7:00                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-22 13:52                       ` Drew Adams
2015-04-22 13:59                         ` Nicolas Petton
2015-04-22 14:52                           ` Drew Adams
2015-04-22 23:36                             ` Paul Eggert
2015-04-23  0:23                               ` Nicolas Petton
2015-04-23  6:45                                 ` Paul Eggert
2015-04-23  9:14                                   ` Nicolas Petton
2015-04-23 10:22                                     ` Paul Eggert
2015-04-23 11:15                                       ` Nicolas Petton
2015-04-23 17:32                                         ` Paul Eggert
2015-04-23 18:23                                           ` Drew Adams
2015-04-23 19:38                                             ` Paul Eggert
2015-04-23 20:07                                               ` Drew Adams
2015-04-23 20:12                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-23 23:24                                                 ` Paul Eggert
2015-04-24  0:24                                                   ` Drew Adams
2015-04-24  4:47                                                     ` Paul Eggert
2015-04-23 19:47                                           ` Nicolas Petton
2015-04-23 19:57                                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-04-23  2:19                               ` Drew Adams
2015-04-23  6:45                                 ` Paul Eggert
2015-04-23 14:51                                   ` Drew Adams
2015-04-23 15:32                                     ` Drew Adams
2015-04-23 17:11                                     ` Paul Eggert
2015-04-23 19:55                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-04-23 20:03                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-23 20:13                           ` Drew Adams
2015-04-24  6:11                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-24  3:04                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-04-24  6:46                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-24 13:43                               ` Artur Malabarba
2015-04-21 18:44             ` Nicolas Petton
2015-04-21 20:30               ` Stefan Monnier
2015-04-22  0:49                 ` Paul Eggert
2015-04-22 23:37           ` Paul Eggert
2015-04-23  6:30             ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-21 18:35       ` Ivan Shmakov
2015-04-21 18:42         ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-21 19:37           ` Ivan Shmakov
2015-04-21 19:52             ` Eli Zaretskii
     [not found] ` <mailman.1406.1429745828.904.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-04-23 12:11   ` Alan Mackenzie
2015-04-23 12:35     ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-04-23 12:45       ` Alan Mackenzie
2015-04-23 13:06         ` Eli Zaretskii
     [not found] ` <mailman.1407.1429745888.904.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-04-23 12:27   ` Alan Mackenzie
2015-04-23 19:42     ` Paul Eggert
2015-05-13  7:30 ` bug#20385: [PATCH] Support curved quotes " Paul Eggert
2015-05-13 12:16   ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-05-13 15:13     ` Paul Eggert
2015-05-13 22:33       ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-05-14  3:24         ` Paul Eggert
2015-05-14 10:49           ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-05-15  7:49             ` Paul Eggert
2015-05-15 17:24               ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-05-15 18:54                 ` Paul Eggert
2015-05-15 19:09                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-05-15 21:13                     ` Paul Eggert
2015-05-15 21:48                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-05-15 23:52                         ` Paul Eggert
2015-05-16  0:08                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-05-16  0:11                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-05-16  1:48                             ` Paul Eggert
2015-05-16  8:27                               ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-05-19 23:27                                 ` Paul Eggert
2015-05-20  2:22                                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-05-21  7:21                                     ` Paul Eggert
2015-05-21 10:01                                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-05-21 14:58                                         ` Paul Eggert
2015-05-22  3:41                                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-05-16  9:51                               ` Andreas Schwab
2015-05-16  1:23                           ` Drew Adams [this message]
2015-05-16  6:20                             ` Paul Eggert
2015-05-16  7:36                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-14  7:10         ` bug#20385: missing charset for non-ASCII text/x-patch MIME parts in Thunderbird Ivan Shmakov
2015-05-14  7:20         ` bug#20385: Support curved quotes in doc strings Ivan Shmakov
2015-05-14 14:55           ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-14 20:05             ` Ivan Shmakov
2015-05-14 20:12               ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-14 20:30                 ` Ivan Shmakov
     [not found]         ` <87h9rfiqh1.fsf_-_@violet.siamics.net>
2015-05-14  8:28           ` bug#20385: missing charset for non-ASCII text/x-patch MIME parts in Thunderbird Stephen J. Turnbull
     [not found] <<1429555155-4695-1-git-send-email-eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
2015-04-20 20:16 ` bug#20385: [PROPOSED PATCH] Support quoting 'like this' in doc strings Drew Adams
     [not found] ` <<jwvtwwabnhp.fsf-monnier+emacsbugs@gnu.org>
     [not found]   ` <<5535974D.9050207@cs.ucla.edu>
     [not found]     ` <<jwvvbgqs2ud.fsf-monnier+emacsbugs@gnu.org>
     [not found]       ` <<5535C7F3.7020107@cs.ucla.edu>
     [not found]         ` <<83618p5y9w.fsf@gnu.org>
     [not found]           ` <<jwvk2x59x4g.fsf-monnier+emacsbugs@gnu.org>
     [not found]             ` <<83vbgp49ve.fsf@gnu.org>
     [not found]               ` <<jwv8udl9syp.fsf-monnier+emacsbugs@gnu.org>
     [not found]                 ` <<83pp6x45x5.fsf@gnu.org>
     [not found]                   ` <<5536ACB3.9040707@yandex.ru>
     [not found]                     ` <<83lhhk4phe.fsf@gnu.org>
     [not found]                       ` <<fe3d90cd-056a-49a6-a049-6df07e710663@default>
     [not found]                         ` <<87a8y0jmba.fsf@petton.fr>
     [not found]                           ` <<6837d058-ba18-461b-8af6-2c4e6d767348@default>
     [not found]                             ` <<55383081.4010106@cs.ucla.edu>
     [not found]                               ` <<87a8xzae0o.fsf@petton.fr>
     [not found]                                 ` <<55389500.8000404@cs.ucla.edu>
     [not found]                                   ` <<878udj9pfq.fsf@petton.fr>
     [not found]                                     ` <<5538C7EC.9010105@cs.ucla.edu>
     [not found]                                       ` <<877ft39juq.fsf@petton.fr>
     [not found]                                         ` <<55392C91.1010300@cs.ucla.edu>
     [not found]                                           ` <<84f4aea9-c3ef-44c5-ac06-0df72d223e8c@default>
     [not found]                                             ` <<55394A2E.8020002@cs.ucla.edu>
     [not found]                                               ` <<f978526c-c5e3-405d-ae75-63b9ed5d4537@default>
     [not found]                                                 ` <<83lhhizjqw.fsf@gnu.org>
2015-04-23 20:15                                                   ` Drew Adams
2015-04-24  6:12                                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
     [not found]                       ` <<55394E30.8040307@yandex.ru>
     [not found]                         ` <<83oamezk77.fsf@gnu.org>
     [not found]                           ` <<4b159230-cd7e-4cb9-a778-3ad7ed2ae301@default>
     [not found]                             ` <<83k2x2ys1b.fsf@gnu.org>
2015-04-24 14:11                               ` Drew Adams
2015-04-24 14:40                                 ` Eli Zaretskii

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