8 files changed, 97 insertions, 97 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/leim/quail/cyrillic.el b/lisp/leim/quail/cyrillic.el
index ecee2434373..89a58cfba79 100644
--- a/lisp/leim/quail/cyrillic.el
+++ b/lisp/leim/quail/cyrillic.el
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@
  "cyrillic-ukrainian" "Ukrainian" "ЖU" nil
  "ЄЇЕРТЗ-ІЎ UKRAINIAN
 
-Sorry, but 'ghe with upturn' is not included in ISO 8859-5."
+Sorry, but `ghe with upturn' is not included in ISO 8859-5."
  nil t t t t nil nil nil nil nil t)
 
 ;;  1! 2" 3# 4$ 5% 6& 7' 8( 9) 0= /? +* <>
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ Sorry, but 'ghe with upturn' is not included in ISO 8859-5."
  "ЯВЕРТЫ Roman transcription
 
 This layout is based on Roman transcription by phonemic resemblance.
-When preceded by a '/', the second and the third rows (number key row) change
+When preceded by a ‘/’, the second and the third rows (number key row) change
 as follows.
 
   keytop | Q  W  E  R  T  Y  U  I  O  P  A  S  D
@@ -1007,14 +1007,14 @@ are included.  Should handle most cases.  However:
   э (REVERSE ROUNDED E) = \"e\\\"
   х (KHA) when after с (S) = \"x\" or \"kh\"
   ъ (HARD SIGN) = \"~\", Ъ (CAPITAL HARD SIGN) = \"~~\",
-  ь (SOFT SIGN) = \"'\", Ь (CAPITAL SOFT SIGN) = \"''\",
+  ь (SOFT SIGN) = \"\\='\", Ь (CAPITAL SOFT SIGN) = \"\\='\\='\",
   я (YA) = \"ya\", \"ja\" or \"q\".
 
-Russian alphabet: a b v=w g d e yo=jo zh z i j=j' k l m n o p r s t
-u f h=kh=x c ch sh shch=sj=/s=/sht ~ y ' e\\ yu=ju ya=ja=q
+Russian alphabet: a b v=w g d e yo=jo zh z i j=j\\=' k l m n o p r s t
+u f h=kh=x c ch sh shch=sj=/s=/sht ~ y \\=' e\\ yu=ju ya=ja=q
 
 Also included are Ukrainian є (YE) = \"/e\", ї (YI) = \"yi\",
-ґ (GHE WITH UPTURN) = \"g'\",
+ґ (GHE WITH UPTURN) = \"g\\='\",
 Belarusian ў (SHORT U) = \"u~\",
 Serbo-Croatian ђ (DJE) = \"/d\", ћ (CHJE)= \"/ch\",
 Macedonian ѓ (GJE) = \"/g\", ѕ (DZE) = \"/s\", ќ (KJE) = \"/k\",
@@ -1410,7 +1410,7 @@ This keyboard layout is standard for Bulgarian typewriters.
 The letters Ц, М, Ч, Р, Л, Б and Ы are not affected by Caps Lock.
 
 In addition to original Bulgarian typewriter layout, keys \\ and |
-are transformed into ' and Ы respectively.  Some keyboards mark these
+are transformed into \\=' and Ы respectively.  Some keyboards mark these
 keys as being transformed into ( and ) respectively.  For ( and ), use
 \\=` and ~ respectively.  This input method follows XKB."
  nil t t t t nil nil nil nil nil t)
diff --git a/lisp/leim/quail/greek.el b/lisp/leim/quail/greek.el
index cf991502e28..1dfc93aa936 100644
--- a/lisp/leim/quail/greek.el
+++ b/lisp/leim/quail/greek.el
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ koppa		&		%
 mark		key
 ------------------------
 ypogegrammeni	J
-psili		'  or  v
+psili		\\='  or  v
 dasia		\\=`  or  V
 oxia		/
 varia		?
@@ -461,9 +461,9 @@ mark		key
 ypogegrammeni	|
 psili		>
 dasia		<
-oxia		'
-koronis         ''
-varia		`
+oxia		\\='
+koronis		\\='\\='
+varia		\\=`
 perispomeni	~
 dialytika	\"
 ano teleia	;
diff --git a/lisp/leim/quail/hebrew.el b/lisp/leim/quail/hebrew.el
index 1601e1e05d0..ac67fbfe5a7 100644
--- a/lisp/leim/quail/hebrew.el
+++ b/lisp/leim/quail/hebrew.el
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
 
 Based on SI-1452 keyboard layout.
 Only Hebrew-related characters are considered.
- 'q' is used to switch levels instead of Alt-Gr.
- Maqaaf (־) is mapped to '/פ'.
+ ‘q’ is used to switch levels instead of Alt-Gr.
+ Maqaaf (־) is mapped to ‘/פ’.
 " nil t t t t nil nil nil nil nil t)
 
 (quail-define-rules
@@ -457,8 +457,8 @@ Provides access to all Hebrew characters suitable to Modern Hebrew.
 
 Based on Society of Biblical Literature's Tiro keyboard layout.
 Not suitable for modern Hebrew input.
- 'q' is used to switch levels instead of Alt-Gr.
- Combining dot above (Called Masora dot) (̇) is mapped to 'q1'.
+ ‘q’ is used to switch levels instead of Alt-Gr.
+ Combining dot above (Called Masora dot) (̇) is mapped to ‘q1’.
 " nil t t t t nil nil nil nil nil t)
 
 (quail-define-rules
diff --git a/lisp/leim/quail/latin-alt.el b/lisp/leim/quail/latin-alt.el
index 0614ecb76e1..935a471dce8 100644
--- a/lisp/leim/quail/latin-alt.el
+++ b/lisp/leim/quail/latin-alt.el
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ special (so you can use that to enter a slash).
 
              | postfix | examples
  ------------+---------+----------
-  acute      |    '    | a' -> á
+  acute      |    \\='    | a\\=' -> á
   grave      |    \\=`    | a\\=` -> à
   circumflex |    ^    | a^ -> â
   diaeresis  |    \"    | a\" -> ä
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ It seems natural to use comma for cedillas, but that is
 inconvenient in practice because commas are needed very
 often after a letter.
 
-Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a'' -> a'
+Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a\\='\\=' -> a\\='
 " nil t nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil t)
 
 (quail-define-rules
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ comma and period are not special (use \\=` instead).
 
              | postfix | examples
  ------------+---------+----------
-  acute      |    '    | a' -> á
+  acute      |    \\='    | a\\=' -> á
   ogonek     |    \\=`    | a\\=` -> ą
   diaeresis  |    \"    | a\" -> ä
   circumflex |    ^    | a^ -> â
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ It seems natural to use period and comma for dots/rings and
 cedillas/ogoneks, but that is inconvenient in practice, because
 periods and commas are needed very often after a letter.
 
-Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a'' -> a'
+Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a\\='\\=' -> a\\='
 " nil t nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil t)
 
 (quail-define-rules
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ special (use slash instead).
 
              | postfix | examples
  ------------+---------+----------
-  acute      |    '    | a' -> á
+  acute      |    \\='    | a\\=' -> á
   grave      |    \\=`    | a\\=` -> à
   circumflex |    ^    | a^ -> â
   diaeresis  |    \"    | a\" -> ä
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ It would be natural to use period and comma for dots and cedillas, but
 that would inconvenient in practice, because periods and commas are
 needed very often after a letter.
 
-Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a'' -> a'
+Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a\\='\\=' -> a\\='
 " nil t nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil t)
 
 (quail-define-rules
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ special (use ~ instead).
 
              | postfix | examples
  ------------+---------+----------
-  acute      |    '    | a' -> á
+  acute      |    \\='    | a\\=' -> á
   circumflex |    ^    | a^ -> â
   diaeresis  |    \"    | a\" -> ä
   ogonek     |    \\=`    | a\\=` -> ą
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ It seems natural to use period and comma for dots and
 cedillas/ogoneks, but that is inconvenient in practice, because
 periods and commas are needed very often after a letter.
 
-Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a'' -> a'
+Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a\\='\\=' -> a\\='
 " nil t nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil t)
 
 (quail-define-rules
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ special (use / instead).
 
              | postfix | examples
  ------------+---------+----------
-  acute      |    '    | a' -> á
+  acute      |    \\='    | a\\=' -> á
   grave      |    \\=`    | a\\=` -> à
   circumflex |    ^    | a^ -> â
   diaeresis  |    \"    | a\" -> ä
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ It seems natural to use period and comma for dots and cedillas, but
 that is inconvenient in practice, because periods and commas are
 needed very often after a letter.
 
-Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a'' -> a'
+Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a\\='\\=' -> a\\='
 " nil t nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil t)
 
 (quail-define-rules
@@ -930,13 +930,13 @@ Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a'' -> a'
  "french-alt-postfix" "French" "FR<" t
  "French (Français) input method with postfix modifiers
 
-\\=` pour grave, ' pour aigu, ^ pour circonflexe, et \" pour tréma.
-Par exemple: a\\=` -> à   e' -> é.
+\\=` pour grave, \\=' pour aigu, ^ pour circonflexe, et \" pour tréma.
+Par exemple: a\\=` -> à   e\\=' -> é.
 
 Ç, «, et » sont produits par C/, <<, et >>.
 
 En doublant la frappe des diacritiques, ils s'isoleront de la lettre.
-Par exemple: e'' -> e'
+Par exemple: e\\='\\=' -> e\\='
 
 Œ est produit par O/."
  nil t nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil t)
@@ -1011,11 +1011,11 @@ Par exemple: e'' -> e'
  "italian-alt-postfix" "Latin-1" "IT<" t
  "Italian (Italiano) input method with postfix modifiers
 
-a' -> á    A' -> Á    a\\=` -> à    A\\=` -> À    i^ -> î    << -> «
-e' -> é    E' -> É    e\\=` -> è    E\\=` -> È    I^ -> Î    >> -> »
-i' -> í    I' -> Í    i\\=` -> ì    I\\=` -> Ì               o_ -> º
-o' -> ó    O' -> Ó    o\\=` -> ò    O\\=` -> Ò               a_ -> ª
-u' -> ú    U' -> Ú    u\\=` -> ù    U\\=` -> Ù
+a\\=' -> á    A\\=' -> Á    a\\=` -> à    A\\=` -> À    i^ -> î    << -> «
+e\\=' -> é    E\\=' -> É    e\\=` -> è    E\\=` -> È    I^ -> Î    >> -> »
+i\\=' -> í    I\\=' -> Í    i\\=` -> ì    I\\=` -> Ì               o_ -> º
+o\\=' -> ó    O\\=' -> Ó    o\\=` -> ò    O\\=` -> Ò               a_ -> ª
+u\\=' -> ú    U\\=' -> Ú    u\\=` -> ù    U\\=` -> Ù
 
 This method is for purists who like accents the old way.
 
@@ -1160,7 +1160,7 @@ Caters for French and Turkish as well as Dutch.
  ------------+---------+----------
              | postfix |
  ------------+---------+----------
-  acute      |    '    | a' -> á
+  acute      |    \\='    | a\\=' -> á
   grave      |    \\=`    | a\\=` -> à
   circumflex |    ^    | a^ -> â
   Turkish    | various | i/ -> ı  s, -> ş  g^ -> ğ   I/ -> İ
@@ -1170,7 +1170,7 @@ Caters for French and Turkish as well as Dutch.
  ------------+---------+----------
   diaeresis  |    \"    | \"a -> ä
 
-Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a'' -> a'
+Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a\\='\\=' -> a\\='
 " nil t nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil t)
 
 (quail-define-rules
@@ -1338,7 +1338,7 @@ of characters from a single Latin-N charset.
 
              | postfix | examples
  ------------+---------+----------
-  acute      |    '    | a' -> á
+  acute      |    \\='    | a\\=' -> á
   grave      |    \\=`    | a\\=` -> à
   circumflex |    ^    | a^ -> â
   diaeresis  |    \"    | a\" -> ä
@@ -1359,7 +1359,7 @@ It would be natural to use comma for cedillas, but that would be
 inconvenient in practice because commas are needed very often after a
 letter.
 
-Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a'' -> a'
+Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a\\='\\=' -> a\\='
 " nil t nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil t)
 
 ;; Fixme: ¦ § ¨ © ¬  ® ¯ ° ± ² ³ ´ µ ¶ · ¸ ¹ ¼ ½ ¾ × ÷
diff --git a/lisp/leim/quail/latin-post.el b/lisp/leim/quail/latin-post.el
index 5106bd29816..25fd4508314 100644
--- a/lisp/leim/quail/latin-post.el
+++ b/lisp/leim/quail/latin-post.el
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
              | postfix | examples
  ------------+---------+----------
-  acute      |    '    | a' -> á
+  acute      |    \\='    | a\\=' -> á
   grave      |    \\=`    | a\\=` -> à
   circumflex |    ^    | a^ -> â
   diaeresis  |    \"    | a\" -> ä
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
   others     |    /    | s/ -> ß   ?/ -> ¿   !/ -> ¡   // -> °
              | various | << -> «   >> -> »   o_ -> º   a_ -> ª
 
-Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a'' -> a'
+Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a\\='\\=' -> a\\='
 " nil t nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil t)
 
 (quail-define-rules
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a'' -> a'
 
              | postfix | examples
  ------------+---------+----------
-  acute      |    '    | a' -> á
+  acute      |    \\='    | a\\=' -> á
   ogonek     |    ,    | a, -> ą
   diaeresis  |    \"    | a\" -> ä
   circumflex |    ^    | a^ -> â
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a'' -> a'
   stroke     |    /    | d/ -> đ
   others     |    /    | s/ -> ß
 
-Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a'' -> a'
+Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a\\='\\=' -> a\\='
 " nil t nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil t)
 
 (quail-define-rules
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a'' -> a'
 
              | postfix | examples
  ------------+---------+----------
-  acute      |    '    | a' -> á
+  acute      |    \\='    | a\\=' -> á
   grave      |    \\=`    | a\\=` -> à
   circumflex |    ^    | a^ -> â
   diaeresis  |    \"    | a\" -> ä
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a'' -> a'
   stroke     |    /    | h/ -> ħ
   others     |    /    | s/ -> ß
 
-Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a'' -> a'
+Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a\\='\\=' -> a\\='
 " nil t nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil t)
 
 (quail-define-rules
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a'' -> a'
 
              | postfix | examples
  ------------+---------+----------
-  acute      |    '    | a' -> á
+  acute      |    \\='    | a\\=' -> á
   circumflex |    ^    | a^ -> â
   diaeresis  |    \"    | a\" -> ä
   ogonek     |    ,    | a, -> ą
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a'' -> a'
   nordic     |    /    | a/ -> å   e/ -> æ   o/ -> ø
   others     |    /    | s/ -> ß   n/ -> ŋ   k/ -> ĸ
 
-Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a'' -> a'
+Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a\\='\\=' -> a\\='
 " nil t nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil t)
 
 (quail-define-rules
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a'' -> a'
 
              | postfix | examples
  ------------+---------+----------
-  acute      |    '    | a' -> á
+  acute      |    \\='    | a\\=' -> á
   grave      |    \\=`    | a\\=` -> à
   circumflex |    ^    | a^ -> â
   diaeresis  |    \"    | a\" -> ä
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a'' -> a'
   nordic     |    /    | a/ -> å   e/ -> æ   o/ -> ø
   others     |    /    | s/ -> ß
 
-Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a'' -> a'
+Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a\\='\\=' -> a\\='
 " nil t nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil t)
 
 (quail-define-rules
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a'' -> a'
 
 (quail-define-package
  "danish-postfix" "Latin-1" "DA<" t
- "Danish input method (rule: AE -> Æ, OE -> Ø, AA -> Å, E' -> É)
+ "Danish input method (rule: AE -> Æ, OE -> Ø, AA -> Å, E\\=' -> É)
 
 Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. aee -> ae
 "
@@ -923,7 +923,7 @@ A following ^ or x will produce an accented character,
 e.g. c^ -> ĉ   gx -> ĝ   u^ -> ŭ.
 
 Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix,
-e.g. a'' -> a'.
+e.g. a\\='\\=' -> a\\='.
 " nil t nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil t)
 
 (quail-define-rules
@@ -1005,13 +1005,13 @@ OEE -> OE
  "french-postfix" "French" "FR<" t
  "French (Français) input method with postfix modifiers
 
-\\=` pour grave, ' pour aigu, ^ pour circonflexe, et \" pour tréma.
-Par exemple: a\\=` -> à   e' -> é.
+\\=` pour grave, \\=' pour aigu, ^ pour circonflexe, et \" pour tréma.
+Par exemple: a\\=` -> à   e\\=' -> é.
 
 Ç, «, et » sont produits par C,, <<, et >>.
 
 En doublant la frappe des diacritiques, ils s'isoleront de la lettre.
-Par exemple: e'' -> e'
+Par exemple: e\\='\\=' -> e\\='
 
 Œ est produit par O/."
  nil t nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil t)
@@ -1124,18 +1124,18 @@ szz -> sz
  "icelandic-postfix" "Latin-1" "IS<" t
  "Icelandic (Íslenska) input method with postfix modifiers
 
-A' -> Á
-E' -> É
-I' -> Í
-O' -> Ó
-U' -> Ú
-Y' -> Ý
+A\\=' -> Á
+E\\=' -> É
+I\\=' -> Í
+O\\=' -> Ó
+U\\=' -> Ú
+Y\\=' -> Ý
 AE -> Æ
 OE -> Ö
 D/ -> Ð (eth)
 T/ -> Þ (thorn)
 
-Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a'' -> a'
+Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a\\='\\=' -> a\\='
 " nil t nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil t)
 
 (quail-define-rules
@@ -1186,8 +1186,8 @@ Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a'' -> a'
  "italian-postfix" "Latin-1" "IT<" t
  "Italian (Italiano) input method with postfix modifiers
 
-a\\=` -> à    A\\=` -> À    e' -> é    << -> «
-e\\=` -> è    E\\=` -> È    E' -> É    >> -> »
+a\\=` -> à    A\\=` -> À    e\\=' -> é    << -> «
+e\\=` -> è    E\\=` -> È    E\\=' -> É    >> -> »
 i\\=` -> ì    I\\=` -> Ì               o_ -> º
 o\\=` -> ò    O\\=` -> Ò               a_ -> ª
 u\\=` -> ù    U\\=` -> Ù
@@ -1235,7 +1235,7 @@ Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a\\=`\\=` -> a\\=`
 
 (quail-define-package
  "norwegian-postfix" "Latin-1" "NO<" t
- "Norwegian (Norsk) input method (rule: AE->Æ   OE->Ø   AA->Å   E'->É)
+ "Norwegian (Norsk) input method (rule: AE->Æ   OE->Ø   AA->Å   E\\='->É)
 
 Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. aee -> ae
 "
@@ -1271,7 +1271,7 @@ oe -> ø
 aa -> å
 a\" -> ä
 o\" -> ö
-e' -> é
+e\\=' -> é
 
 Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix:
 aee -> ae   o\"\" -> o\"   etc.
@@ -1309,17 +1309,17 @@ aee -> ae   o\"\" -> o\"   etc.
  "spanish-postfix" "Spanish" "ES<" t
  "Spanish (Español) input method with postfix modifiers
 
-A' -> Á
-E' -> É
-I' -> Í
-O' -> Ó
-U' -> Ú
+A\\=' -> Á
+E\\=' -> É
+I\\=' -> Í
+O\\=' -> Ó
+U\\=' -> Ú
 N~ -> Ñ
 !/ -> ¡
 ?/ -> ¿
 
 Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix:
-a'' -> a'   n~~ -> n~, etc.
+a\\='\\=' -> a\\='   n~~ -> n~, etc.
 " nil t nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil t)
 
 (quail-define-rules
@@ -1360,7 +1360,7 @@ a'' -> a'   n~~ -> n~, etc.
 
 (quail-define-package
  "swedish-postfix" "Latin-1" "SV<" t
- "Swedish (Svenska) input method (rule: AA -> Å   AE -> Ä   OE -> Ö   E' -> É)
+ "Swedish (Svenska) input method (rule: AA -> Å   AE -> Ä   OE -> Ö   E\\=' -> É)
 
 Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. aee -> ae
 " nil t nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil t)
@@ -2089,7 +2089,7 @@ of characters from a single Latin-N charset.
 
              | postfix | examples
  ------------+---------+----------
-  acute      |    '    | a' -> á
+  acute      |    \\='    | a\\=' -> á
   grave      |    \\=`    | a\\=` -> à
   circumflex |    ^    | a^ -> â
   diaeresis  |    \"    | a\" -> ä
@@ -2106,7 +2106,7 @@ of characters from a single Latin-N charset.
   others     |    /    | s/ -> ß   ?/ -> ¿   !/ -> ¡   // -> °   o/ -> œ
              | various | << -> «   >> -> »   o_ -> º   a_ -> ª
 
-Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a'' -> a'
+Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a\\='\\=' -> a\\='
 " nil t nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil t)
 
 ;; Fixme: ¦ § ¨ © ¬  ® ¯ ± ² ³ ´ µ ¶ · ¸ ¹ ¼ ½ ¾ × ÷
diff --git a/lisp/leim/quail/latin-pre.el b/lisp/leim/quail/latin-pre.el
index 4e60d9c8569..7e4fd438cdd 100644
--- a/lisp/leim/quail/latin-pre.el
+++ b/lisp/leim/quail/latin-pre.el
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 
     effect   | prefix | examples
  ------------+--------+----------
-    acute    |   '    | 'a -> á, '' -> ´
+    acute    |   \\='    | \\='a -> á, \\='\\=' -> ´
     grave    |   \\=`    | \\=`a -> à
   circumflex |   ^    | ^a -> â
   diaeresis  |   \"    | \"a -> ä  \"\" -> ¨
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
 
     effect   | prefix | examples
  ------------+--------+----------
-    acute    |   '    | 'a -> á   '' -> ´
+    acute    |   \\='    | \\='a -> á   \\='\\=' -> ´
     grave    |   \\=`    | \\=`a -> à
   diaeresis  |   \"    | \"i -> ï   \"\" -> ¨
     tilde    |   ~    | ~n -> ñ
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ Key translation rules are:
 
     effect   | prefix | examples
  ------------+--------+----------
-    acute    |   '    | 'e -> é
+    acute    |   \\='    | \\='e -> é
     grave    |   \\=`    | \\=`a -> à
   circumflex |   ^    | ^a -> â
   diaeresis  |   \"    | \"i -> ï
@@ -338,9 +338,9 @@ Key translation rules are:
     effect   | prefix | examples
  ------------+--------+------------------
     tilde    |   \"    | \"a -> â
-  circumflex |   '    | 'a -> â, 'i -> î
-   cedilla   |   '    | 's -> ş, 't -> ţ
-   '         |   '    | '' -> '
+  circumflex |   \\='    | \\='a -> â, \\='i -> î
+   cedilla   |   \\='    | \\='s -> ş, \\='t -> ţ
+   \\='         |   \\='    | \\='\\=' -> \\='
    \"         |   \"    | \"\" -> \"
 " nil t nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil t)
 
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ Key translation rules are:
  "irish-prefix" "Latin-1" "GA>" t
  "Irish input method with prefix modifiers
 Key translation rules are:
- 'A -> Á   'E -> É   'I -> Í   'O -> Ó   'U -> Ú
+ \\='A -> Á   \\='E -> É   \\='I -> Í   \\='O -> Ó   \\='U -> Ú
 " nil t nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil t)
 
 (quail-define-rules
@@ -397,12 +397,12 @@ Key translation rules are:
 
     effect   | prefix | examples
  ------------+--------+----------
-    acute    |   '    | 'a -> á   '' -> ´
+    acute    |   \\='    | \\='a -> á   \\='\\=' -> ´
     grave    |   \\=`    | \\=`a -> à
   circumflex |   ^    | ^a -> â
   diaeresis  |   \"    | \"u -> ü
     tilde    |   ~    | ~a -> ã
-   cedilla   | ' or , | 'c -> ç   ,c -> ç
+   cedilla   | \\=' or , | \\='c -> ç   ,c -> ç
 " nil t nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil t)
 
 (quail-define-rules
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ Key translation rules are:
 
     effect   | prefix | examples
  ------------+--------+----------
-    acute    |   '    | 'a -> á
+    acute    |   \\='    | \\='a -> á
   diaeresis  |   \"    | \"u -> ü
     tilde    |   ~    | ~n -> ñ
    symbol    |   ~    | ~> -> »   ~< -> «   ~! -> ¡   ~? -> ¿
@@ -484,13 +484,13 @@ Key translation rules are:
 
     effect   | prefix | examples
  ------------+--------+----------
-    acute    |   '    | 'a -> á   '' -> ?´
+    acute    |   \\='    | \\='a -> á   \\='\\=' -> ?´
   circumflex |   ^    | ^a -> â
   diaeresis  |   \"    | \"a -> ä   \"\" -> ¨
     breve    |   ~    | ~a -> ă
     caron    |   ~    | ~c -> č
    cedilla   |   \\=`    | \\=`c -> ç   \\=`e -> ?ę
-    misc     | ' \\=` ~  | 'd -> đ   \\=`l -> ł   \\=`z -> ż   ~o -> ő   ~u -> ű
+    misc     | \\=' \\=` ~  | \\='d -> đ   \\=`l -> ł   \\=`z -> ż   ~o -> ő   ~u -> ű
    symbol    |   ~    | \\=`. -> ˙   ~~ -> ˘   ~. -> ?¸
 " nil t nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil t)
 
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ Key translation rules are:
 
     effect   | prefix | examples
  ------------+--------+----------
-    acute    |   '    | 'a -> á   '' -> ?´
+    acute    |   \\='    | \\='a -> á   \\='\\=' -> ?´
     grave    |   \\=`    | \\=`a -> à
   circumflex |   ^    | ^a -> â
   diaeresis  |   \"    | \"a -> ä   \"\" -> ¨
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ For example, the character named `aogonek' is obtained by `/a'."
 
     effect   | prefix | examples
  ------------+--------+----------
-    acute    |   '    | 'a -> á
+    acute    |   \\='    | \\='a -> á
     grave    |   \\=`    | \\=`a -> à
   circumflex |   ^    | ^a -> â
   diaeresis  |   \"    | \"a -> ä, \"Y -> Ÿ
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ For example, the character named `aogonek' is obtained by `/a'."
 
     effect   | prefix | examples
  ------------+--------+----------
-    acute    |   '    | 'a -> á
+    acute    |   \\='    | \\='a -> á
     grave    |   \\=`    | \\=`a -> à
   circumflex |   ^    | ^w -> ŵ
   diaeresis  |   \"    | \"a -> ä
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ of characters from a single Latin-N charset.
 
     effect   | prefix | examples
  ------------+--------+----------
-    acute    |   '    | 'a -> á, '' -> ´
+    acute    |   \\='    | \\='a -> á, \\='\\=' -> ´
     grave    |   \\=`    | \\=`a -> à
   circumflex |   ^    | ^a -> â
   diaeresis  |   \"    | \"a -> ä  \"\" -> ¨
diff --git a/lisp/leim/quail/tibetan.el b/lisp/leim/quail/tibetan.el
index 5dacf290c10..d5a92ca480b 100644
--- a/lisp/leim/quail/tibetan.el
+++ b/lisp/leim/quail/tibetan.el
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
     |ཏ་ t |ཐ་ th |ད་ d  |དྷ་ dh |ན་ n |   ོ o          ༑       ;
     |པ་ p |ཕ་ ph |བ་ b  |བྷ་ bh |མ་ m |   ཻ ai (ee, E) ༏        $
     |ཙ་ ts|ཚ་ tsh|ཛ་ dz |ཛྷ་ dzh|ཝ་ w |   ཽ au (oo, O) ༐        &
-    |ཞ་ zh|ཟ་ z  |འ་ '  |       |ཡ་ y |   ྀ I          ༄༅   *
+    |ཞ་ zh|ཟ་ z  |འ་ \\='  |       |ཡ་ y |   ྀ I          ༄༅   *
     |ར་ r |ལ་ l  |ཤ་ sh |ཥ་ SH |ས་ s |   ཿ :         ༄༅༅  #
     |ཧ་ h |ཨ་ A  |ཀྵ་ kSH|       |      |   ཾ M           ༼ ༽   < >
     +-------------------------------------+   ༔  %
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
             and to get da-drag in  -r-d, -l-d .)
   |     : Special signs.
 
-  Tsheg is assigned to SPC.  Space is assigned to period '.'.
+  Tsheg is assigned to SPC.  Space is assigned to period ‘.’.
 "
  nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil
  'quail-tibetan-update-translation)
@@ -407,11 +407,11 @@
   +-------------------------------------------------------+
      |qཀ|wཁ|eག|rང|tཅ|yཆ|uཇ|iཉ|oཏ|pཐ|[ད|]ན|
      +-----------------------------------------------+
-      |aཔ| sཕ| dབ|fམ|gུ|h  |jོ|kཙ|lཚ|;ཛ|'ཝ|
+      |aཔ| sཕ| dབ|fམ|gུ|h  |jོ|kཙ|lཚ|;ཛ|\\='ཝ|
       +---------------------------------------------+
          |zཞ|xཟ|cའ|vཡ|bར|nལ|mཤ|,ས|.ཧ|/ཨ|
          +---------------------------------------+
-  The key 'h' is used for consonant stacking.
+  The key ‘h’ is used for consonant stacking.
 
   [SHIFTED]
 
@@ -427,14 +427,14 @@
 
   DIFFERENCE FROM THE ORIGINAL TIBKEY:
 
-    1. Vowel 'a' should be typed explicitly by the key 'A'.
+    1. Vowel ‘a’ should be typed explicitly by the key ‘A’.
        This is really inconvenient.  But to make the coding
        scheme clear, it is desirable to have an explicit
-       vowel sign for 'a'.
+       vowel sign for ‘a’.
     2. Tsheg is assigned to SPC key.  You can input a space
-       by typing '>'.
+       by typing ‘>’.
     4. To avoid the default stacking ���� and to obtain གཡ,
-       type 'E' instead of 'v' (=ཡ).
+       type ‘E’ instead of ‘v’ (=ཡ).
     3. There are many characters that are not supported in the
        current implementation (especially special signs).
        I hope I'll complete in a future revision.
diff --git a/lisp/leim/quail/viqr.el b/lisp/leim/quail/viqr.el
index 570a16bd43d..879fba4da2c 100644
--- a/lisp/leim/quail/viqr.el
+++ b/lisp/leim/quail/viqr.el
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
   circumflex |    ^    | a^ -> â
     horn     |    +    | o+ -> ơ
  ------------+---------+----------
-    acute    |    '    | a' -> á
+    acute    |    \\='    | a\\=' -> á
     grave    |    \\=`    | a\\=` -> à
   hook above |    ?    | a? -> ả
     tilde    |    ~    | a~ -> ã