From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: When should I use "`" and "'" in NEWS? Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 10:08:06 +0300 Message-ID: <83mwqrvokp.fsf@gnu.org> References: Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1371280078 29004 80.91.229.3 (15 Jun 2013 07:07:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 07:07:58 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Xue Fuqiao Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 15 09:07:58 2013 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 1Unkac-0005eG-4m for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 15 Jun 2013 09:07:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58508 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Unkab-0003nF-MP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 15 Jun 2013 03:07:57 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58326) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UnkaY-0003n5-OW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Jun 2013 03:07:55 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UnkaX-0006UQ-T2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Jun 2013 03:07:54 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout20.012.net.il ([80.179.55.166]:33124) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UnkaX-0006UJ-LS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Jun 2013 03:07:53 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout20.012.net.il by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0MOF00K00A377E00@a-mtaout20.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Jun 2013 10:07:52 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0MOF00J3KAH4YA80@a-mtaout20.012.net.il>; Sat, 15 Jun 2013 10:07:52 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 X-Received-From: 80.179.55.166 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:160444 Archived-At: > Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 10:51:58 +0800 > From: Xue Fuqiao > > In etc/NEWS[fn:1], I found this sentence: > > You should either convert them to utf-8 or add an explicit coding: > cookie. > > I expected a "`" and a "'" around the "coding:" cookie, but there's > none. So add them. > So I have a question: when should we add these delimiters? When you think they are appropriate. There's no formal grammar for NEWS, it's just more or less free text. > IMHO at least these things need those delimiters: > * Lisp symbols > * Configure options > > and there are something I'm uncertain about: > * Key sequences > * Code span (I think "coding:" cookie is belong to this category) > * "Modules" (like those in Eshell and Org) > * Library/package names (with or without `.el') > * Value of Lisp variables > * Value returned by functions/lambda/primitives/macros Think of NEWS as an Info file, and decorate everything makeinfo would.