From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bastien Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Should we use `symbol' or 'symbol' in Emacs change logs? Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 19:10:46 +0200 Message-ID: <871tvczf1l.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1401383486 29354 80.91.229.3 (29 May 2014 17:11:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 17:11:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Achim Gratz To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu May 29 19:11:20 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1Wq3rJ-0006T7-PR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 29 May 2014 19:11:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49342 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wq3rJ-0001Y2-6Q for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 29 May 2014 13:11:17 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35547) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wq3r9-0001SF-Sf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 May 2014 13:11:13 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wq3r2-00082r-SJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 May 2014 13:11:07 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:34828) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wq3r2-00081w-Lm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 May 2014 13:11:00 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Wq3r0-00065g-Pb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 May 2014 19:10:58 +0200 Original-Received: from mar75-2-81-56-68-112.fbx.proxad.net ([81.56.68.112]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 29 May 2014 19:10:58 +0200 Original-Received: from bzg by mar75-2-81-56-68-112.fbx.proxad.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 29 May 2014 19:10:58 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 22 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: mar75-2-81-56-68-112.fbx.proxad.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:LaQc6vF1wG8meNtZSPVde5c+MCI= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:172176 Archived-At: Achim pointed to a recent change about quotes in the GNU coding standards, and suggests that the change justifies using 'symbol' instead of `symbol' in Emacs change logs. http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#index-left-quote To me, this is about the way GNU programs output the quote char, not about conventions for symbols used within the program, so my reading is that Emacs change logs should stick on using `symbol' rather than 'symbol'. This seems to be confirmed by the fact that lisp-mode.el still highlight `symbol' with `font-lock-constant-face'. Am I reading it wrong or am I correct that there is no change in Emacs policy regarding the quotation of symbols in change logs (and in docstrings)? Thanks, -- Bastien