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bug#26299: 24.5; Use of `…' in Info
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npostavs |
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bug#26299: 24.5; Use of `…' in Info |
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Wed, 29 Mar 2017 23:40:43 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.2 (gnu/linux) |
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> As one user, I find the adoption of `…' instead of `...' to be a
> retrogression, not an improvement. It is far less readable. Just one
> opinion.
>
> Compare, as one example among zillions:
>
> -- Macro: with-help-window buffer-name body…
>
> with
>
> -- Macro: with-help-window buffer-name body...
>
> I cannot imagine what someone thought, when making this change. Did it
> come just because we _can_ now use that Unicode character? That's not
> a reason that we _should_ use it in such contexts.
This seems to be another feature of the new (i.e., 5+) texinfo (like the
curly quotes). I'm still using 4.13 so I see "..." here. You can make
Emacs display "…" as "..." with
(aset (or standard-display-table
(setq standard-display-table (make-display-table)))
?… (vconcat "..."))