From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: origin of `notation'
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 22:50:50 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83obwee8d1.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <F326B9A37B353A449FC7A09B36835F82DEC09F@MACE.sppdg.ad>
> Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:22:54 -0600
> From: "Buchs, Kevin" <buchs.kevin@mayo.edu>
>
> In emacs documentation, what is the origin of using the accent grave (backtick) to introduce a quoted phrase, often a command, while using an apostrophe to terminate it. Example: (info) Keys and Commands: 1st paragraph: "binding" is quoted as such, but 2nd paragraph, `next-line' is quoted that way. If someone who knows the answer will take the time to answer, I promise I will document it on the Emacs wiki. Does this extend beyond emacs? Beyond GNU & FSF?
That's what Texinfo produces for symbols in programming languages,
like Lisp and C, in the on-line manual. (In the printed manual,
there's no quotes, but the name of the symbol is typeset in monospace
typeface.)
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-11-14 20:22 origin of `notation' Buchs, Kevin
2011-11-14 20:50 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2011-11-14 21:14 ` Bob Proulx
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2011-11-17 15:51 Buchs, Kevin
2011-11-17 16:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
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