From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson@gmail.com>
To: 36883@debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson@gmail.com>
Subject: bug#36883: Make Gnus documentation clearer ("dumbquotes")
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 15:02:51 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAAHpriNMi3a-=hpjhvh=TcUxBbdfg-B5vOBLYqt0BegwGgbfTQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
Emacs 26.2.90, Gnus v5.1
The Gnus info documentation includes the following:
‘W d’
Treat M****s*** sm*rtq**t*s according to
‘gnus-article-dumbquotes-map’ (‘gnus-article-treat-dumbquotes’).
Note that this function guesses whether a character is a sm*rtq**t*
or not, so it should only be used interactively.
Sm*rtq**t*s are M****s***’s unilateral extension to the character
map in an attempt to provide more quoting characters. If you see
something like ‘\222’ or ‘\264’ where you’re expecting some kind of
apostrophe or quotation mark, then try this wash.
I suggest changing "M****s***" to "Micrsoft" and "sm*rtq**t*s" to "smartquotes"
throughout.
I'd also suggest changing the command names "article-treat-dumbquotes"
and "gnus-article-treat-dumbquotes" to refer to "smartquotes" rather than
"dumbquotes", probably keeping the existing names as aliases.
IMHO documentation should make it easy to search without being
an obstacle to understanding. I don't object to snark, but it shoudn't
come at the expense of clarity.
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2019-07-31 22:02 Keith Thompson [this message]
2019-09-23 22:43 ` bug#36883: Make Gnus documentation clearer ("dumbquotes") Lars Ingebrigtsen
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