From: Stefan Monnier via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>, 60454@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#60454: 30.0.50; `format-message' does not allow displaying "`" and "'" verbatim
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2022 11:39:35 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv7cy7o7ma.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87wn67d1ii.fsf@igel.home> (Andreas Schwab's message of "Sat, 31 Dec 2022 16:41:09 +0100")
>> However, sometimes, it is desired to keep these chars literal.
>> For example, `org-assert-version' displays a warning that suggests Elisp
>> code:
>>
>> (warn "...
>> It is recommended to put
>> (straight-use-package 'org)
>> ...")
>
> The mangling only happens in the format string. Pass the text as
> argument and substitute it with %s.
>
> (warn "...
> It is recommended to put
> %s
> ..." "(straight-use-package 'org)")
That's rather cumbersome.
I think it would make a lot of sense to offer escapes like %' and %`
Stefan
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-12-31 15:04 bug#60454: 30.0.50; `format-message' does not allow displaying "`" and "'" verbatim Ihor Radchenko
2022-12-31 15:41 ` Andreas Schwab
2022-12-31 16:39 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors [this message]
2022-12-31 15:42 ` Gregory Heytings
2022-12-31 17:06 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-12-31 19:29 ` Gregory Heytings
2022-12-31 20:17 ` Gregory Heytings
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