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authorEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2019-06-04 18:11:37 +0300
committerEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2019-06-04 18:11:37 +0300
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Fix a few uses of quotes in user manual
* doc/emacs/text.texi (Quotation Marks): * doc/emacs/display.texi (Text Display): * doc/emacs/basic.texi (Inserting Text): Fix some more quotes. (Bug#35885)
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@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ sometimes called a left single ``curved quote'' or ``curly quote''.
Similarly, @kbd{C-x 8 ]}, @kbd{C-x 8 @{} and @kbd{C-x 8 @}} insert the
curved quotes @t{’}, @t{“} and @t{”}, respectively. Also, a working
Alt key acts like @kbd{C-x 8}; e.g., @kbd{A-[} acts like @kbd{C-x 8 [}
-and inserts `. To see which characters have @kbd{C-x 8} shorthands,
-type @kbd{C-x 8 C-h}.
+and inserts @t{‘}. To see which characters have @kbd{C-x 8}
+shorthands, type @kbd{C-x 8 C-h}.
Alternatively, you can use the command @kbd{C-x 8 @key{RET}}
(@code{insert-char}). This prompts for the Unicode name or code-point
@@ -146,9 +146,9 @@ the buffer.
how many copies of the character to insert (@pxref{Arguments}).
In addition, in some contexts, if you type a quotation using grave
-accent and apostrophe @t{`like this'}, it is converted to a form
+accent and apostrophe @kbd{`like this'}, it is converted to a form
@t{‘like this’} using single quotation marks, even without @kbd{C-x 8}
-commands. Similarly, typing a quotation @t{``like this''} using
+commands. Similarly, typing a quotation @kbd{``like this''} using
double grave accent and apostrophe converts it to a form @t{“like
this”} using double quotation marks. @xref{Quotation Marks}.