From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nick Roberts Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Make apostrophes invisible in Help buffers Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 13:32:26 +1300 Message-ID: <17319.20762.639278.808421@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> References: <17317.20917.890165.284080@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <17318.16629.870535.945531@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1135039044 3372 80.91.229.2 (20 Dec 2005 00:37:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 00:37:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 20 01:37:15 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EoVTE-0003Ji-B2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 20 Dec 2005 01:35:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EoVU6-0001GJ-06 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 19 Dec 2005 19:36:06 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EoVS4-0000qf-3w for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Dec 2005 19:34:00 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EoVS3-0000qI-1D for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Dec 2005 19:33:59 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EoVS2-0000qC-IQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Dec 2005 19:33:58 -0500 Original-Received: from [202.37.101.8] (helo=viper.snap.net.nz) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EoVV3-0003XC-M1; Mon, 19 Dec 2005 19:37:06 -0500 Original-Received: from kahikatea.snap.net.nz (p219-tnt1.snap.net.nz [202.124.110.219]) by viper.snap.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF8A0731806; Tue, 20 Dec 2005 13:32:59 +1300 (NZDT) Original-Received: by kahikatea.snap.net.nz (Postfix, from userid 500) id 605368420; Tue, 20 Dec 2005 13:32:27 +1300 (NZDT) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 22.0.50.27 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:48071 Archived-At: > The apostrophes are put in the doc string so that links can be parsed > in the Help buffer, not for the end user. > > The apostrophes follow a general GNU convention for indicating symbol > names in text. We have followed that convention for 20 years. > So I am not going to say yes to this change. Its a convention that was made when monochrome text-only terminals like VT100s were the norm. My guess is that with the underline, mouse-face highlighting and help echo, the user will guess that he's looking at a symbol name... but its your choice. Nick