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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Nikolai Weibull <now@disu.se>
Cc: Emacs Users <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Getting Emacs to play nice with Hunspell and apostrophes
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 10:48:08 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvk38m89uq.fsf-monnier+INBOX@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADdV=Mup+1m0kvo-VKKOpjw-1s=PLFn3Mko_eiWzyaDDZjHwRA@mail.gmail.com> (Nikolai Weibull's message of "Thu, 12 Jun 2014 15:36:31 +0200")

> Remembering when to use which of four symbols is hardly taxing (and –

I'd expect that most people would first have to *learn* before they
could have a chance at remembering.  After all, these are typographical
conventions that aren't taught at school.

And then seeing how people mix up "your/you're" and friends, I think
you're being overly optimistic.


        Stefan



  reply	other threads:[~2014-06-12 14:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <mailman.3187.1402155569.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-06-11  0:04 ` Getting Emacs to play nice with Hunspell and apostrophes Emanuel Berg
2014-06-11  5:23   ` Nikolai Weibull
     [not found]   ` <mailman.3375.1402464243.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-06-11 14:24     ` Emanuel Berg
2014-06-11 15:03       ` Nikolai Weibull
     [not found]       ` <mailman.3418.1402499010.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-06-11 15:20         ` Emanuel Berg
2014-06-11 16:57           ` Teemu Likonen
     [not found]           ` <mailman.3437.1402505846.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-06-11 21:32             ` Emanuel Berg
2014-06-12  5:43           ` Yuri Khan
2014-06-12 12:51             ` Stefan Monnier
2014-06-12 13:36               ` Nikolai Weibull
2014-06-12 14:48                 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
     [not found]               ` <mailman.3496.1402580195.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-06-14  1:49                 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-06-14  5:45                   ` Yuri Khan
2014-06-17  1:09                     ` Keyboard layout purpose (was: Getting Emacs to play nice with Hunspell and apostrophes) Garreau, Alexandre
     [not found]                   ` <mailman.3627.1402724759.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-06-14 11:14                     ` Getting Emacs to play nice with Hunspell and apostrophes Emanuel Berg
2014-06-14 14:51                       ` Yuri Khan
2014-06-14 15:26                         ` Teemu Likonen
2014-06-17  1:42                         ` Garreau, Alexandre
     [not found]                       ` <mailman.3651.1402757512.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-06-14 16:13                         ` Emanuel Berg
2014-06-16 15:35                           ` Joost Kremers
2014-06-17  2:21                           ` Garreau, Alexandre
     [not found]                           ` <mailman.3799.1402971688.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-06-17  2:41                             ` Rusi
2014-06-17  3:05                               ` Rusi
2014-06-17  1:46                       ` Garreau, Alexandre
2014-06-15  2:48                     ` Sergio Pokrovskij
2014-06-17  1:30                       ` Garreau, Alexandre
2014-06-12 16:58             ` Eli Zaretskii
     [not found]           ` <mailman.3473.1402551809.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-06-14  1:35             ` Emanuel Berg
2014-06-14  2:38             ` Emanuel Berg
2014-06-14  5:19               ` Facts for fans: encodings history (was: Re: Getting Emacs to play nice with Hunspell and apostrophes) Emanuel Berg
2014-06-14  7:37                 ` Yuri Khan
2014-06-14  8:28                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-06-14 10:46                     ` Yuri Khan
     [not found]                 ` <mailman.3631.1402731427.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-06-14 11:21                   ` Emanuel Berg
2014-06-14  7:11               ` Getting Emacs to play nice with Hunspell and apostrophes Yuri Khan
     [not found]               ` <mailman.3630.1402729917.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-06-14 11:20                 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-06-17  2:12 ` Rusi
2014-06-17  2:33   ` Garreau, Alexandre
2014-06-07 15:39 Nikolai Weibull
2014-06-07 17:43 ` Robert Thorpe
2014-06-07 17:59   ` Yuri Khan
2014-06-07 18:18   ` Nikolai Weibull
2014-06-07 17:53 ` Sharon Kimble
2014-06-07 18:17   ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-06-07 18:28 ` Nikolai Weibull
2014-06-07 18:40   ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-06-07 19:59     ` Nikolai Weibull

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