summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/doc/lispref/help.texi
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2015-09-02 13:55:41 -0700
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2015-09-02 13:57:56 -0700
commita9706c6cc16baeaf49b1dfc4badc0254870c449d (patch)
tree3b37655e0942c7d1e607a61dd14859456f3df6ae /doc/lispref/help.texi
parentfa5a9c7bae6d484107162641d16b1b38312ac225 (diff)
downloademacs-a9706c6cc16baeaf49b1dfc4badc0254870c449d.tar.gz
Follow text-quoting-style in display table init
This attempts to fix a problem reported by Alan Mackenzie in: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2015-09/msg00112.html * doc/lispref/display.texi (Active Display Table): Mention how text-quoting-style affects it. * doc/lispref/help.texi (Keys in Documentation): Say how to set text-quoting-style in ~/.emacs. * etc/NEWS: Document the change. * lisp/startup.el (startup--setup-quote-display): Follow user preference if text-quoting-style is set. (command-line): Setup quote display again if user expresses a preference in .emacs.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/lispref/help.texi')
-rw-r--r--doc/lispref/help.texi4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lispref/help.texi b/doc/lispref/help.texi
index 44c09a2085a..89339ffe575 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/help.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/help.texi
@@ -345,7 +345,9 @@ quotes. If the variable's value is @code{curve}, the style is
apostrophes. If the value is @code{grave}, the style is @t{`like
this'} with grave accent and apostrophe. The default value @code{nil}
acts like @code{curve} if curved single quotes are displayable, and
-like @code{grave} otherwise.
+like @code{grave} otherwise. To use the traditional @code{grave}
+style, put the line @code{(setq text-quoting-style 'grave)} into your
+@file{~/.emacs} file.
@end defvar
@defun substitute-command-keys string