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From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>, Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
Cc: Achim Gratz <Stromeko@nexgo.de>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Should we use `symbol' or 'symbol' in Emacs change logs?
Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 14:48:56 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5387AB48.2020805@cs.ucla.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvha48fi1s.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>

On 05/29/2014 01:26 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> if someone happens to use 'foo' in a ChangeLog entry, the
> world won't fall apart (at least, not immediately).

'foo' is quite common in Emacs ChangeLogs nowadays.  For example, in 
src/ChangeLog's most recent ten entries that use single quotes, seven 
quote 'like this' and three quote `like this'.  We shouldn't insist on 
the latter style.



  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-05-29 21:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-05-29 17:10 Should we use `symbol' or 'symbol' in Emacs change logs? Bastien
2014-05-29 18:29 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-05-29 18:49   ` Bastien
2014-05-29 19:20   ` Achim Gratz
2014-05-29 19:52     ` Glenn Morris
2014-05-29 20:26       ` Stefan Monnier
2014-05-29 20:33         ` Bastien
2014-05-29 21:48         ` Paul Eggert [this message]
2014-05-30  6:43       ` Achim Gratz

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