Fix minor quoting problems in doc strings

Most of these fixes involve escaping grave accents that are
actually intended to be grave accents, not left quotes.
(Bug#20385)

9 files changed, 109 insertions, 109 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/leim/quail/cyrillic.el b/lisp/leim/quail/cyrillic.el
index 7caa5ecbc1d..ecee2434373 100644
--- a/lisp/leim/quail/cyrillic.el
+++ b/lisp/leim/quail/cyrillic.el
@@ -1245,7 +1245,7 @@ This phonetic layout replaces all the Latin letters with Bulgarian
 \(Cyrillic) letters based on similarities in their pronunciation or look.
 
 Note that, since the letters ‘щ’, ‘ь’, ‘ю’ and ‘я’ are attached to the
-‘]’, ‘\’, ‘`’ and ‘[’ keys respectively, Caps Lock does not affect them."
+‘]’, ‘\’, ‘\\=`’ and ‘[’ keys respectively, Caps Lock does not affect them."
 nil t t t t nil nil nil nil nil t)
 
 ;;  Ю  1! 2@ 3№ 4$ 5% 6€ 7§ 8* 9( 0) -– =+ ьѝ
@@ -1412,7 +1412,7 @@ 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
 keys as being transformed into ( and ) respectively.  For ( and ), use
-` and ~ respectively.  This input method follows XKB."
+\\=` and ~ respectively.  This input method follows XKB."
  nil t t t t nil nil nil nil nil t)
 
 ;;  () 1! 2? 3+ 4" 5% 6= 7: 8/ 9_ 0№ -I .V
diff --git a/lisp/leim/quail/greek.el b/lisp/leim/quail/greek.el
index 5c5ead786e7..cf991502e28 100644
--- a/lisp/leim/quail/greek.el
+++ b/lisp/leim/quail/greek.el
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ mark		key
 ------------------------
 ypogegrammeni	J
 psili		'  or  v
-dasia		`  or  V
+dasia		\\=`  or  V
 oxia		/
 varia		?
 perispomeni	\\  or  ^
diff --git a/lisp/leim/quail/hebrew.el b/lisp/leim/quail/hebrew.el
index 5d63e4040a8..1601e1e05d0 100644
--- a/lisp/leim/quail/hebrew.el
+++ b/lisp/leim/quail/hebrew.el
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ Only Hebrew-related characters are considered.
 
 Based on latest draft of SI-1452 keyboard layout.
 Only Hebrew-related characters are considered.
- ‘`’ is used to switch levels instead of Alt-Gr.
-Geresh is mapped to ‘`k’.
+ ‘\\=`’ is used to switch levels instead of Alt-Gr.
+Geresh is mapped to ‘\\=`k’.
 " nil t t t t nil nil nil nil nil t)
 
 (quail-define-rules
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ Not suitable for modern Hebrew input.
 
 Based on Society of Biblical Literature's SIL keyboard layout.
 Phonetic and not suitable for modern Hebrew input.
- ‘`’ is used to switch levels instead of Alt-Gr.
+ ‘\\=`’ is used to switch levels instead of Alt-Gr.
  Euro Sign (€) is mapped to ‘Z’.
 " nil t t t t nil nil nil nil nil t)
 
diff --git a/lisp/leim/quail/latin-alt.el b/lisp/leim/quail/latin-alt.el
index 4c886fa6d6b..0614ecb76e1 100644
--- a/lisp/leim/quail/latin-alt.el
+++ b/lisp/leim/quail/latin-alt.el
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ special (so you can use that to enter a slash).
              | postfix | examples
  ------------+---------+----------
   acute      |    '    | a' -> á
-  grave      |    `    | a` -> à
+  grave      |    \\=`    | a\\=` -> à
   circumflex |    ^    | a^ -> â
   diaeresis  |    \"    | a\" -> ä
   tilde      |    ~    | a~ -> ã
@@ -209,20 +209,20 @@ Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a'' -> a'
  "latin-2-alt-postfix" "Latin-2" "2<" t
  "Latin-2 character input method with postfix modifiers
 This input method differs from `latin-2-postfix' in that
-comma and period are not special (use ` instead).
+comma and period are not special (use \\=` instead).
 
              | postfix | examples
  ------------+---------+----------
   acute      |    '    | a' -> á
-  ogonek     |    `    | a` -> ą
+  ogonek     |    \\=`    | a\\=` -> ą
   diaeresis  |    \"    | a\" -> ä
   circumflex |    ^    | a^ -> â
   breve      |    ~    | a~ -> ă
-  cedilla    |    `    | c` -> ç
+  cedilla    |    \\=`    | c\\=` -> ç
   caron      |    ~    | c~ -> č
   dbl. acute |    :    | o: -> ő
-  ring       |    `    | u` -> ů
-  dot        |    `    | z` -> ż
+  ring       |    \\=`    | u\\=` -> ů
+  dot        |    \\=`    | z\\=` -> ż
   stroke     |    /    | d/ -> đ
   others     |    /    | s/ -> ß
 
@@ -403,17 +403,17 @@ Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a'' -> a'
  "latin-3-alt-postfix" "Latin-3" "3<" t
  "Latin-3 character input method with postfix modifiers
 This input method differs from `latin-3-postfix' in that
-comma is not special (use ` instead), and period is not
+comma is not special (use \\=` instead), and period is not
 special (use slash instead).
 
              | postfix | examples
  ------------+---------+----------
   acute      |    '    | a' -> á
-  grave      |    `    | a` -> à
+  grave      |    \\=`    | a\\=` -> à
   circumflex |    ^    | a^ -> â
   diaeresis  |    \"    | a\" -> ä
   dot        |    /    | c/ -> ċ   i/ -> ı   I/ -> İ
-  cedilla    |    `    | c` -> ç
+  cedilla    |    \\=`    | c\\=` -> ç
   breve      |    ~    | g~ -> ğ
   tilde      |    ~    | n~ -> ñ
   stroke     |    /    | h/ -> ħ
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a'' -> a'
  "latin-4-alt-postfix" "Latin-4" "4<" t
  "Latin-4 characters input method with postfix modifiers
 This input method differs from `latin-4-postfix' in that
-comma is not special (use ` instead), and period is not
+comma is not special (use \\=` instead), and period is not
 special (use ~ instead).
 
              | postfix | examples
@@ -584,12 +584,12 @@ special (use ~ instead).
   acute      |    '    | a' -> á
   circumflex |    ^    | a^ -> â
   diaeresis  |    \"    | a\" -> ä
-  ogonek     |    `    | a` -> ą
+  ogonek     |    \\=`    | a\\=` -> ą
   macron     |    -    | a- -> ā
   tilde      |    ~    | a~ -> ã
   caron      |    ~    | c~ -> č
   dot        |    ~    | e~ -> ė
-  cedilla    |    `    | k` -> ķ   g` -> ģ
+  cedilla    |    \\=`    | k\\=` -> ķ   g\\=` -> ģ
   stroke     |    /    | d/ -> đ
   nordic     |    /    | a/ -> å   e/ -> æ   o/ -> ø
   others     |    /    | s/ -> ß   n/ -> ŋ   k/ -> ĸ
@@ -773,18 +773,18 @@ Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a'' -> a'
  "latin-5-alt-postfix" "Latin-5" "5<" t
  "Latin-5 characters input method with postfix modifiers
 This input method differs from `latin-5-postfix' in that
-comma is not special (use ` instead), and period is not
+comma is not special (use \\=` instead), and period is not
 special (use / instead).
 
              | postfix | examples
  ------------+---------+----------
   acute      |    '    | a' -> á
-  grave      |    `    | a` -> à
+  grave      |    \\=`    | a\\=` -> à
   circumflex |    ^    | a^ -> â
   diaeresis  |    \"    | a\" -> ä
   tilde      |    ~    | a~ -> ã
   breve      |    ~    | g~ -> ğ
-  cedilla    |    `    | c` -> ç
+  cedilla    |    \\=`    | c\\=` -> ç
   dot        |    /    | i/ -> ı   I/ -> İ
   nordic     |    /    | a/ -> å   e/ -> æ   o/ -> ø
   others     |    /    | s/ -> ß
@@ -930,8 +930,8 @@ 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 >>.
 
@@ -1011,15 +1011,15 @@ 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.
 
-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
@@ -1083,21 +1083,21 @@ Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a`` -> a`
  "turkish-alt-postfix" "Turkish" "TR«" t
  "Turkish (Türkçe) input method with postfix modifiers.
 This input method differs from `turkish-postfix' in that
-comma is not special (use ` instead).
+comma is not special (use \\=` instead).
 
 turkish-latin-3-alt-postfix is an obsolete alias for turkish-alt-postfix.
 
 Note for I, ı, İ, i.
 
 A^ -> Â
-C` -> Ç
+C\\=` -> Ç
 G^ -> Ğ
 I  -> I
 i  -> ı
 I/ -> İ
 i/ -> i
 O\" -> Ö
-S` -> Ş
+S\\=` -> Ş
 U\" -> Ü
 U^ -> Û
 
@@ -1161,7 +1161,7 @@ Caters for French and Turkish as well as Dutch.
              | postfix |
  ------------+---------+----------
   acute      |    '    | a' -> á
-  grave      |    `    | a` -> à
+  grave      |    \\=`    | a\\=` -> à
   circumflex |    ^    | a^ -> â
   Turkish    | various | i/ -> ı  s, -> ş  g^ -> ğ   I/ -> İ
              |         |  S, -> Ş  G^ -> Ğ
@@ -1180,61 +1180,61 @@ Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a'' -> a'
  ("ij" ?ij) ;; LATIN SMALL LIGATURE IJ
  ("IJ" ?IJ) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LIGATURE IJ
  ;; “Trema on the second letter of vowel pair.”  Yudit uses `:', not `"'.
- ("\"a" ?ä) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS 
- ("\"e" ?ë) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH DIAERESIS 
- ("\"i" ?ï) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH DIAERESIS 
- ("\"o" ?ö) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS 
- ("\"u" ?ü) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS 
- ("\"A" ?Ä) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS 
- ("\"E" ?Ë) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH DIAERESIS 
- ("\"I" ?Ï) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH DIAERESIS 
- ("\"O" ?Ö) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS 
- ("\"U" ?Ü) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS 
+ ("\"a" ?ä) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS
+ ("\"e" ?ë) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH DIAERESIS
+ ("\"i" ?ï) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH DIAERESIS
+ ("\"o" ?ö) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS
+ ("\"u" ?ü) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS
+ ("\"A" ?Ä) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS
+ ("\"E" ?Ë) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH DIAERESIS
+ ("\"I" ?Ï) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH DIAERESIS
+ ("\"O" ?Ö) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS
+ ("\"U" ?Ü) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS
  ;; “Acute, marking emphasis on long vowels”:
- ("a'" ?á) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH ACUTE 
- ("e'" ?é) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE 
- ("i'" ?í) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH ACUTE 
- ("o'" ?ó) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH ACUTE 
- ("u'" ?ú) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH ACUTE 
- ("A'" ?Á) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH ACUTE 
- ("E'" ?É) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH ACUTE 
- ("I'" ?Í) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH ACUTE 
- ("O'" ?Ó) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH ACUTE 
- ("U'" ?Ú) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH ACUTE 
+ ("a'" ?á) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH ACUTE
+ ("e'" ?é) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE
+ ("i'" ?í) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH ACUTE
+ ("o'" ?ó) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH ACUTE
+ ("u'" ?ú) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH ACUTE
+ ("A'" ?Á) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH ACUTE
+ ("E'" ?É) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH ACUTE
+ ("I'" ?Í) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH ACUTE
+ ("O'" ?Ó) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH ACUTE
+ ("U'" ?Ú) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH ACUTE
  ;; “Grave, marking emphasis on short vowels”:
  ("a`" ?à) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH GRAVE
- ("e`" ?è) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH GRAVE 
- ("i`" ?ì) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH GRAVE 
- ("o`" ?ò) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH GRAVE 
- ("u`" ?ù) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH GRAVE 
- ("A`" ?À) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH GRAVE 
- ("E`" ?È) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH GRAVE 
- ("I`" ?Ì) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH GRAVE 
- ("O`" ?Ò) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH GRAVE 
+ ("e`" ?è) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH GRAVE
+ ("i`" ?ì) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH GRAVE
+ ("o`" ?ò) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH GRAVE
+ ("u`" ?ù) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH GRAVE
+ ("A`" ?À) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH GRAVE
+ ("E`" ?È) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH GRAVE
+ ("I`" ?Ì) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH GRAVE
+ ("O`" ?Ò) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH GRAVE
  ("U`" ?Ù) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH GRAVE
  ;; “Cater for the use of many French words and use of the circumflex
  ;; in Frisian.”  Yudit used `;' for cedilla.
- ("c," ?ç) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA 
- ("C," ?Ç) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA 
- ("a^" ?â) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX 
- ("e^" ?ê) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH CIRCUMFLEX 
- ("i^" ?î) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEX 
- ("o^" ?ô) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH CIRCUMFLEX 
- ("u^" ?û) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH CIRCUMFLEX 
- ("A^" ?Â) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX 
- ("E^" ?Ê) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH CIRCUMFLEX 
- ("I^" ?Î) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEX 
- ("O^" ?Ô) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH CIRCUMFLEX 
+ ("c," ?ç) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA
+ ("C," ?Ç) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA
+ ("a^" ?â) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX
+ ("e^" ?ê) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH CIRCUMFLEX
+ ("i^" ?î) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEX
+ ("o^" ?ô) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH CIRCUMFLEX
+ ("u^" ?û) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH CIRCUMFLEX
+ ("A^" ?Â) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX
+ ("E^" ?Ê) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH CIRCUMFLEX
+ ("I^" ?Î) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEX
+ ("O^" ?Ô) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH CIRCUMFLEX
  ("U^" ?Û) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH CIRCUMFLEX
  ;; “Follow the example of the Dutch POSIX locale, using ISO-8859-9 to
  ;; cater to the many Turks in Dutch society.”  Perhaps German methods
  ;; should do so too.  Follow turkish-alt-postfix here.
  ("i/" ?ı) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH NO DOT
- ("s," ?ş) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH CEDILLA 
- ("g^" ?ğ) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER G WITH BREVE 
+ ("s," ?ş) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH CEDILLA
+ ("g^" ?ğ) ;; LATIN SMALL LETTER G WITH BREVE
  ("I/" ?İ) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH DOT ABOVE
- ("S," ?Ş) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S WITH CEDILLA 
- ("G^" ?Ğ) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER G WITH BREVE 
+ ("S," ?Ş) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S WITH CEDILLA
+ ("G^" ?Ğ) ;; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER G WITH BREVE
  )
 
 ;; Originally from Yudit, discussed with Albertas Agejevas
@@ -1339,17 +1339,17 @@ of characters from a single Latin-N charset.
              | postfix | examples
  ------------+---------+----------
   acute      |    '    | a' -> á
-  grave      |    `    | a` -> à
+  grave      |    \\=`    | a\\=` -> à
   circumflex |    ^    | a^ -> â
   diaeresis  |    \"    | a\" -> ä
   tilde      |    ~    | a~ -> ã
-  cedilla    |    /`   | c/ -> ç   c` -> ç
-  ogonek     |    `    | a` -> ą
+  cedilla    |    /\\=`   | c/ -> ç   c\\=` -> ç
+  ogonek     |    \\=`    | a\\=` -> ą
   breve      |    ~    | a~ -> ă
   caron      |    ~    | c~ -> č
   dbl. acute |    :    | o: -> ő
-  ring       |    `    | u` -> ů
-  dot        |    `    | z` -> ż
+  ring       |    \\=`    | u\\=` -> ů
+  dot        |    \\=`    | z\\=` -> ż
   stroke     |    /    | d/ -> đ
   nordic     |    /    | d/ -> ð   t/ -> þ   a/ -> å   e/ -> æ   o/ -> ø
   others     |   /<>   | s/ -> ß   ?/ -> ¿   !/ -> ¡
diff --git a/lisp/leim/quail/latin-post.el b/lisp/leim/quail/latin-post.el
index e8957eb9b63..5106bd29816 100644
--- a/lisp/leim/quail/latin-post.el
+++ b/lisp/leim/quail/latin-post.el
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
              | postfix | examples
  ------------+---------+----------
   acute      |    '    | a' -> á
-  grave      |    `    | a` -> à
+  grave      |    \\=`    | a\\=` -> à
   circumflex |    ^    | a^ -> â
   diaeresis  |    \"    | a\" -> ä
   tilde      |    ~    | a~ -> ã
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a'' -> a'
              | postfix | examples
  ------------+---------+----------
   acute      |    '    | a' -> á
-  grave      |    `    | a` -> à
+  grave      |    \\=`    | a\\=` -> à
   circumflex |    ^    | a^ -> â
   diaeresis  |    \"    | a\" -> ä
   dot        |    .    | c. -> ċ   i. -> ı   I. -> İ
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a'' -> a'
              | postfix | examples
  ------------+---------+----------
   acute      |    '    | a' -> á
-  grave      |    `    | a` -> à
+  grave      |    \\=`    | a\\=` -> à
   circumflex |    ^    | a^ -> â
   diaeresis  |    \"    | a\" -> ä
   tilde      |    ~    | a~ -> ã
@@ -1005,8 +1005,8 @@ 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 >>.
 
@@ -1117,7 +1117,7 @@ szz -> sz
  ("aue" ["aue"])
  ("Aue" ["Aue"])
  ("que" ["que"])
- ("Que" ["Que"]) 
+ ("Que" ["Que"])
 )
 
 (quail-define-package
@@ -1186,15 +1186,15 @@ 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    >> -> »
-i` -> ì    I` -> Ì               o_ -> º
-o` -> ò    O` -> Ò               a_ -> ª
-u` -> ù    U` -> Ù
+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
 
 Typewriter-style italian characters.
 
-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
@@ -2090,7 +2090,7 @@ of characters from a single Latin-N charset.
              | postfix | examples
  ------------+---------+----------
   acute      |    '    | a' -> á
-  grave      |    `    | a` -> à
+  grave      |    \\=`    | a\\=` -> à
   circumflex |    ^    | a^ -> â
   diaeresis  |    \"    | a\" -> ä
   tilde      |    ~    | a~ -> ã
diff --git a/lisp/leim/quail/latin-pre.el b/lisp/leim/quail/latin-pre.el
index 41552b56c02..4e60d9c8569 100644
--- a/lisp/leim/quail/latin-pre.el
+++ b/lisp/leim/quail/latin-pre.el
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     effect   | prefix | examples
  ------------+--------+----------
     acute    |   '    | 'a -> á, '' -> ´
-    grave    |   `    | `a -> à
+    grave    |   \\=`    | \\=`a -> à
   circumflex |   ^    | ^a -> â
   diaeresis  |   \"    | \"a -> ä  \"\" -> ¨
     tilde    |   ~    | ~a -> ã
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
     effect   | prefix | examples
  ------------+--------+----------
     acute    |   '    | 'a -> á   '' -> ´
-    grave    |   `    | `a -> à
+    grave    |   \\=`    | \\=`a -> à
   diaeresis  |   \"    | \"i -> ï   \"\" -> ¨
     tilde    |   ~    | ~n -> ñ
    cedilla   |   ~    | ~c -> ç
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ Key translation rules are:
     effect   | prefix | examples
  ------------+--------+----------
     acute    |   '    | 'e -> é
-    grave    |   `    | `a -> à
+    grave    |   \\=`    | \\=`a -> à
   circumflex |   ^    | ^a -> â
   diaeresis  |   \"    | \"i -> ï
    cedilla   | ~ or , | ~c -> ç   ,c -> ç
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ Key translation rules are:
     effect   | prefix | examples
  ------------+--------+----------
     acute    |   '    | 'a -> á   '' -> ´
-    grave    |   `    | `a -> à
+    grave    |   \\=`    | \\=`a -> à
   circumflex |   ^    | ^a -> â
   diaeresis  |   \"    | \"u -> ü
     tilde    |   ~    | ~a -> ã
@@ -489,9 +489,9 @@ Key translation rules are:
   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
-   symbol    |   ~    | `. -> ˙   ~~ -> ˘   ~. -> ?¸
+   cedilla   |   \\=`    | \\=`c -> ç   \\=`e -> ?ę
+    misc     | ' \\=` ~  | 'd -> đ   \\=`l -> ł   \\=`z -> ż   ~o -> ő   ~u -> ű
+   symbol    |   ~    | \\=`. -> ˙   ~~ -> ˘   ~. -> ?¸
 " nil t nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil t)
 
 (quail-define-rules
@@ -596,13 +596,13 @@ Key translation rules are:
     effect   | prefix | examples
  ------------+--------+----------
     acute    |   '    | 'a -> á   '' -> ?´
-    grave    |   `    | `a -> à
+    grave    |   \\=`    | \\=`a -> à
   circumflex |   ^    | ^a -> â
   diaeresis  |   \"    | \"a -> ä   \"\" -> ¨
    cedilla   |   ~    | ~c -> ç   ~s -> ş   ~~ -> ¸
   dot above  |   / .  | /g -> ġ   .o -> ġ
     misc     | \" ~ /  | \"s -> ß   ~g -> ğ   ~u -> ŭ   /h -> ħ   /i -> ı
-   symbol    |   ~    | ~` -> ˘   /# -> £   /$ -> ¤   // -> °
+   symbol    |   ~    | ~\\=` -> ˘   /# -> £   /$ -> ¤   // -> °
 " nil t nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil t)
 
 (quail-define-rules
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ For example, the character named `aogonek' is obtained by `/a'."
     effect   | prefix | examples
  ------------+--------+----------
     acute    |   '    | 'a -> á
-    grave    |   `    | `a -> à
+    grave    |   \\=`    | \\=`a -> à
   circumflex |   ^    | ^a -> â
   diaeresis  |   \"    | \"a -> ä, \"Y -> Ÿ
     tilde    |   ~    | ~a -> ã
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ For example, the character named `aogonek' is obtained by `/a'."
     effect   | prefix | examples
  ------------+--------+----------
     acute    |   '    | 'a -> á
-    grave    |   `    | `a -> à
+    grave    |   \\=`    | \\=`a -> à
   circumflex |   ^    | ^w -> ŵ
   diaeresis  |   \"    | \"a -> ä
   dot above  |   .    | .b -> ḃ
@@ -997,7 +997,7 @@ of characters from a single Latin-N charset.
     effect   | prefix | examples
  ------------+--------+----------
     acute    |   '    | 'a -> á, '' -> ´
-    grave    |   `    | `a -> à
+    grave    |   \\=`    | \\=`a -> à
   circumflex |   ^    | ^a -> â
   diaeresis  |   \"    | \"a -> ä  \"\" -> ¨
     tilde    |   ~    | ~a -> ã
diff --git a/lisp/leim/quail/thai.el b/lisp/leim/quail/thai.el
index 2554686b9a6..72e5020f36f 100644
--- a/lisp/leim/quail/thai.el
+++ b/lisp/leim/quail/thai.el
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 
 The difference from the ordinal Thai keyboard:
     ‘฿’ and ‘๏’ are assigned to ‘\\’ and ‘|’ respectively,
-    ‘ฃ’ and ‘ฅ’ are assigned to ‘`’ and ‘~’ respectively,
+    ‘ฃ’ and ‘ฅ’ are assigned to ‘\\=`’ and ‘~’ respectively,
     Don't know where to assign characters ‘๚’ and ‘๛’."
  nil t t t t nil nil nil nil nil t)
 
diff --git a/lisp/leim/quail/tibetan.el b/lisp/leim/quail/tibetan.el
index a54cbdc615a..1313f566def 100644
--- a/lisp/leim/quail/tibetan.el
+++ b/lisp/leim/quail/tibetan.el
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
 
   NOT SPECIFIED IN EXT. WYLIE:
     +--------------------------------------------------------+
-    |ྂ = ~ |ྃ = ` |྄ = , |྅ = @ |༷ = _o|༵ = _O|༆ = ^|
+    |ྂ = ~ |ྃ = \\=` |྄ = , |྅ = @ |༷ = _o|༵ = _O|༆ = ^|
     +--------------------------------------------------------+
     |ྈ = x |ྉ = X |྆ = v |྇ = V |ྊ = q |ྋ = Q |
     +-----------------------------------------------+
diff --git a/lisp/leim/quail/viqr.el b/lisp/leim/quail/viqr.el
index c5c1c940181..570a16bd43d 100644
--- a/lisp/leim/quail/viqr.el
+++ b/lisp/leim/quail/viqr.el
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     horn     |    +    | o+ -> ơ
  ------------+---------+----------
     acute    |    '    | a' -> á
-    grave    |    `    | a` -> à
+    grave    |    \\=`    | a\\=` -> à
   hook above |    ?    | a? -> ả
     tilde    |    ~    | a~ -> ã
    dot below |    .    | a. -> ạ