From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Oleksandr Gavenko Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help,gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Request for highlighting back-quote/quote pair notation. Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 19:15:11 +0200 Organization: Oleksandr Gavenko , http://gavenkoa.users.sf.net Message-ID: <87d2y655gg.fsf_-_@gavenkoa.example.com> References: <878v8v8tsd.fsf@gmail.com> <855E7E03363249B6874C759B0A496ACF@us.oracle.com> <87hanj428m.fsf@gavenkoa.example.com> <87pq279nv1.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1355937344 32753 80.91.229.3 (19 Dec 2012 17:15:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:15:44 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 19 18:15:58 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@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 1TlNFG-0006Xo-51 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:15:50 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44428 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TlNF2-0007dq-H5 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Dec 2012 12:15:36 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:57473) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TlNEr-0007cc-Tb for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Dec 2012 12:15:31 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TlNEq-0003Oo-5a for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Dec 2012 12:15:25 -0500 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:39336) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TlNEp-0003Oe-Uz for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Dec 2012 12:15:24 -0500 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TlNF0-0006Kt-Qk for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:15:34 +0100 Original-Received: from 37.229.4.200 ([37.229.4.200]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:15:34 +0100 Original-Received: from gavenkoa by 37.229.4.200 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:15:34 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 46 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 37.229.4.200 User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:cBvKdc/8cYPnLo4dBK9595Mg2U8= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:88223 gmane.emacs.bugs:68750 Archived-At: From: Subject: RE: backquote quote pair notation: What does it mean in Emacsdocument? Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Date: 2012-12-19 02:40:13+0200 Wed Archived-At: On 2012-12-19, Drew Adams wrote: > >> Compare the two attached screenshots, for instance. See > >> how the quoted text stands out more when it is highlighted, > >> and how that can help readability. > > > > How can I add such highlighting for Info buffers in my config? > > > > I think that it is done through some standard configuration... > > Please share! > No, there is no standard configuration that does this. I offered it to Emacs > Dev several times starting a long time ago (and it is still offered), but there > has never been insufficient interest. >From "info texinfo": > 14.2 Inserting Quote Characters > =============================== > As explained in the early section on general Texinfo input conventions > (*note Conventions::), Texinfo source files use the ASCII character ``' > (96 decimal) to produce a left quote (`), and ASCII `'' (39 decimal) to > produce a right quote ('). Doubling these input characters (```' and > `''') produces double quotes (" and "). These are the conventions used > by TeX. So `' quoting style is common for info files. I checked it was used for function selection in libc and readline info files. Also it was used in GNU Make, R, Autotool and other manuals. So having highlighting for `' in info mode is good thing for Emacs user (compare with emacs-lisp-mode, where it was highlighted). This is my vote up. -- Best regards!