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| From: | Stefan Monnier |
| Subject: | Re: Upcoming loss of usability of Emacs source files and Emacs. |
| Date: | Sat, 27 Jun 2015 10:46:57 -0400 |
| User-agent: | Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
>> I don't have a strong opinion on the markup used in the source code, as
>> long as we resolve the currently existing ambiguity
> Which "currently existing ambiguity" is this?
We can't currently reliably render the `...' markup as curly quotes
(e.g. via font-lock), because the `...' is ambiguous: we may find `...'
in places where the ` and the ' are not related, or where the real
closing quote is actually further (because the quoted text includes
a quote).
Stefan
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