From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Buchs, Kevin" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: origin of `notation' Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:51:53 -0600 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1321545187 21957 80.91.229.12 (17 Nov 2011 15:53:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:53:07 +0000 (UTC) To: Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 17 16:53:03 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RR4Gs-0003pQ-TD for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:53:03 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34052 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RR4Gk-0003TE-Vf for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:52:54 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:40356) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RR4Gc-0003S4-Ur for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:52:50 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RR4GU-0003Gs-Ne for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:52:46 -0500 Original-Received: from mail10.mayo.edu ([129.176.212.47]:5584) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RR4GU-0003Gb-Kf for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:52:38 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ap0EAOMsxU6BsJ4N/2dsb2JhbAA/A6sxgXIBAQEEMFsBCCIGGAdXAQQTCAGIAZYylm+JBYZ9BYIyYwSHZDGEPimHOYpMh08 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.69,527,1315198800"; d="scan'208";a="117949610" Original-Received: from roedlp003a.mayo.edu (HELO mail10.mayo.edu) ([129.176.158.13]) by ironport10.mayo.edu with ESMTP; 17 Nov 2011 09:52:36 -0600 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av0EAOMsxU6BsNQ1/2dsb2JhbAA/A6osgQWBcgEBAQQwWwEIIgYYB1cBBBMIAYgBljKWb4kFhn0FgjJjBIdkMYQ+KYc5ikyHTw X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.69,527,1315198800"; d="scan'208";a="117949609" Original-Received: from mhro1a.mayo.edu ([129.176.212.53]) by ironport10.mayo.edu with ESMTP; 17 Nov 2011 09:52:36 -0600 Original-Received: from smtprelay.mayo.edu (smtprelay2.mayo.edu [192.168.48.11]) by mhro1a.mayo.edu with ESMTP id BT-MMP-1552741 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:52:35 -0600 Original-Received: from MACE.mayo.edu (mace.mayo.edu [129.176.215.134]) by smtprelay.mayo.edu (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id pAHFqZKw028293 for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:52:35 -0600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: origin of `notation' thread-index: AcylQAYR2ytlz7V/T+aROXAcmhM4NQ== X-CFilter-Loop: Reflected X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 129.176.212.47 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:82944 Archived-At: Thanks, Bob Proulx and Eli Zaretskii for your responses to my question: > 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. =20 I have recorded the information provided here: http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/EmacsDocumentationNotation My follow-up question is why it is still used for online documentation = when emacs can do such wonderful things with fonts in graphical mode. = Why not just produce italics or color? Kevin Buchs=A0=A0 |=A0=A0Senior Engineer | Department of Physiology = and Biomedical Engineering - SPPDG 507-538-5459=A0=A0|=A0=A0=A0buchs.kevin@mayo.edu | = =A0http://www.mayo.edu/sppdg Mayo Clinic=A0=A0|=A0=A0200 1st St. SW=A0 |=A0 Rochester, MN 55905=A0=20