From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Nikita Karetnikov <nikita@karetnikov.org>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Agreeing on some "rules" for packaging.
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 21:35:54 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ppsv2cpx.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <877gf3caek.fsf@karetnikov.org> (Nikita Karetnikov's message of "Fri, 30 Aug 2013 22:15:47 +0400")
Nikita Karetnikov <nikita@karetnikov.org> skribis:
> While we are at it, we could agree on quotation marks. I know that it
> sounds like bikeshedding… However, it doesn’t look right when some
> people use `' and others use ''.
>
> “Although GNU programs traditionally used 0x60 (‘`’) for opening and 0x27
> (‘'’) for closing quotes, nowadays quotes ‘`like this'’ are typically
> rendered asymmetrically, so quoting ‘"like this"’ or ‘'like this'’
> typically looks better.” [1]
>
> I’d prefer '' but will use `' if we agree on that.
>
> [1] https://gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#Quote-Characters
Yes, that change in the GCS is recent, and I haven’t completely changed
my habits.
IMO the rule should be: use Unicode quotation marks wherever possible
(almost everywhere), use what Texinfo prescribes in Texinfo (that is,
like `this' and ``that''), and use what the GCS says elsewhere.
I tend to use ASCII quotation marks in source files; the main reason for
that is that typopunct-mode in Scheme files would be annoying (if you
know of other ways do use Unicode quotation marks in Emacs, lemme know.)
Thoughts?
Ludo’.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-08-30 19:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-08-27 21:46 Agreeing on some "rules" for packaging Cyril Roelandt
2013-08-27 22:31 ` Nikita Karetnikov
2013-08-28 6:29 ` Andreas Enge
2013-08-28 12:51 ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-08-28 18:32 ` Cyril Roelandt
2013-08-28 20:56 ` Andreas Enge
2013-08-28 22:42 ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-08-28 22:37 ` Cyril Roelandt
2013-08-29 8:59 ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-08-30 21:59 ` Andreas Enge
2013-08-31 9:31 ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-08-31 10:00 ` Andreas Enge
2013-08-31 10:22 ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-08-28 20:57 ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-08-30 18:15 ` Nikita Karetnikov
2013-08-30 19:35 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2013-08-30 21:09 ` Nikita Karetnikov
2013-08-30 21:22 ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-08-30 21:49 ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-09-07 8:20 ` Nikita Karetnikov
2013-09-07 8:36 ` Andreas Enge
2013-09-07 13:11 ` Ludovic Courtès
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