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| author | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2015-11-23 19:22:42 -0800 |
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| committer | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2015-11-23 19:23:06 -0800 |
| commit | 946ea4184ce147de9a1314760b2089af59116794 (patch) | |
| tree | e2e68ba8406add329eb609e2b866172a3be40bc6 /doc/lispref/help.texi | |
| parent | 004f4fc9d48f141f920e9ae9399f2b0e585edf9c (diff) | |
| download | emacs-946ea4184ce147de9a1314760b2089af59116794.tar.gz | |
Improve text-quoting-style doc
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diff --git a/doc/lispref/help.texi b/doc/lispref/help.texi index 387587a4203..0e08b2a2bfc 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/help.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/help.texi @@ -352,8 +352,9 @@ string in Emacs Lisp. @defvar text-quoting-style @cindex curved quotes @cindex curly quotes -The value of this variable specifies the style used to generate text -quotes. If the variable's value is @code{curve}, the style is +The value of this variable is a symbol that specifies the style Emacs +should use for single quotes in the wording of help and messages. +If the variable's value is @code{curve}, the style is @t{‘like this’} with curved single quotes. If the value is @code{straight}, the style is @t{'like this'} with straight apostrophes. If the value is @code{grave}, the style is @t{`like |