Re: Emacs 26.1 release branch created

[John Wiegley]

>>>>> "PE" == Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:

PE> The main issue is whether text-quoting-style should be customizable, as
PE> opposed to being a simple Lisp variable as it is now. Eli said "no", you
PE> said "yes", and as I recall this issue was unresolved the last time it was
PE> mentioned on this list. (I don't care, myself.)

It will be customizable, this is decided, as Eli has told me he's OK with it.

PE> 1. Whether the manual should recommend routinely let-binding
PE> text-quoting-style, a style that Alan favors. I think it should recommend 
the
PE> (message "%s" ...)
PE> style that the Emacs source code itself uses, as this style is more flexible
PE> and reliable. (I can give examples of why, if you care.)

I think (message "%s") is both simpler and more future proof, since we may end
up with other features that this could apply to.

PE> 2. Alan wants the description of every affected function to have a big
PE> paragraph about text quoting, whereas I prefer to replace those big
PE> paragraphs with short blurbs that reference a single (new) section that
PE> covers the issue in more detail than the big paragraphs would.

References to a single elaborated paragraph will make for much easier
maintenance of the documentation, so let's do that.

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