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Re: ASCII-only startup message?


From: John Wiegley
Subject: Re: ASCII-only startup message?
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2015 08:49:22 -0800
User-agent: Gnus/5.130014 (Ma Gnus v0.14) Emacs/24.5 (darwin)

>>>>> Random832  <address@hidden> writes:

> What does `This' actually look like to you? Please post a screenshot. Or
> don't, because I can guess; I'm just emphasizing the importance of
> considering that these characters don't look the same to everyone.

In printed text, it looks horrible. But in *Help* documentation, it actually
emphasizes to me that a symbol name is being indicated, rather than a normal
word that's being single-quoted. That's why I like it; aesthetics have nothing
to do with my preference.

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