[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: Upcoming loss of usability of Emacs source files and Emacs.
|
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
|
Subject: |
Re: Upcoming loss of usability of Emacs source files and Emacs. |
|
Date: |
Wed, 01 Jul 2015 19:19:01 +0300 |
> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 15:20:49 -0700
> From: Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden, address@hidden,
> address@hidden, address@hidden, address@hidden, address@hidden
>
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Quoting `like this'
> > in plain-text documents has been the GNU style for decades.
>
> It certainly was, but other key GNU projects have switched to quoting 'like
> this' in ASCII English text files, and Emacs should do something similar.
Which is why I envisioned that soon enough we will want to use in the
tutorials the same quoting style as in *Help* buffers. After all,
"C-h t" is a help command. In fact, a few tutorials already do that.
That's why I mentioned the mirroring issue, which might become
relevant.