From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#20385: [PROPOSED PATCH] Support quoting 'like this' in doc strings Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 16:30:04 -0400 Message-ID: References: <1429555155-4695-1-git-send-email-eggert@cs.ucla.edu> <5535974D.9050207@cs.ucla.edu> <5535C7F3.7020107@cs.ucla.edu> <83618p5y9w.fsf@gnu.org> <87h9s948zp.fsf@petton.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1429648282 7647 80.91.229.3 (21 Apr 2015 20:31:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 20:31:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 20385@debbugs.gnu.org, Paul Eggert To: Nicolas Petton Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 21 22:31:10 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ykep4-0006HK-3O for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Apr 2015 22:31:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60305 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ykep3-0004EU-Hp for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Apr 2015 16:31:09 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44756) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ykep1-0004EO-0B for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Apr 2015 16:31:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ykeox-000417-Jk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Apr 2015 16:31:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:45777) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ykeox-000413-HR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Apr 2015 16:31:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Ykeox-000598-38 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Apr 2015 16:31:03 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 20:31:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 20385 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 20385-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B20385.142964824419041 (code B ref 20385); Tue, 21 Apr 2015 20:31:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 20385) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 Apr 2015 20:30:44 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35553 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Ykeod-0004wB-BR for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 21 Apr 2015 16:30:44 -0400 Original-Received: from mercure.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.24.67]:42056) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YkeoY-0004sQ-1u for 20385@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 21 Apr 2015 16:30:39 -0400 Original-Received: from hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.50]) by mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2ACD85F01; Tue, 21 Apr 2015 16:30:37 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from lechon.iro.umontreal.ca (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E8EA1E5B8D; Tue, 21 Apr 2015 16:30:04 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: by lechon.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 24C96B40DC; Tue, 21 Apr 2015 16:30:04 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87h9s948zp.fsf@petton.fr> (Nicolas Petton's message of "Tue, 21 Apr 2015 20:44:10 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-DIRO-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-DIRO-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-DIRO-MailScanner-SpamCheck: n'est pas un polluriel, SpamAssassin (score=-2.82, requis 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -2.82, MC_TSTLAST 0.00) X-DIRO-MailScanner-From: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:101847 Archived-At: > I don't see the need for such a change. Is the character ` that ugly? The need is not terribly high, no. But yes, `...' is ugly. It used to be pretty back in the XFree86<4.0 days, when they were symmetric, but now they're pretty ugly. > The way it currently is looks fine to me (and reminds me of the usage of > backquotes in Markdown). I've lived with it for 20 years and could live with it another 20 years. But if someone can provide a good replacement, I'll accept it. Stefan