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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/lispref/strings.texi | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/syntax.c | 8 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lispref/strings.texi b/doc/lispref/strings.texi index 580eb43acca..c4556cbd284 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/strings.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/strings.texi @@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ the width specifier normally consists of spaces inserted on the left: If the width is too small, @code{format} does not truncate the object's printed representation. Thus, you can use a width to specify a minimum spacing between columns with no risk of losing information. -In the following three examples, @samp{%7s} specifies a minimum width +In the following two examples, @samp{%7s} specifies a minimum width of 7. In the first case, the string inserted in place of @samp{%7s} has only 3 letters, and needs 4 blank spaces as padding. In the second case, the string @code{"specification"} is 13 letters wide but @@ -995,8 +995,12 @@ specifier, if any, to be inserted on the right rather than the left. If both @samp{-} and @samp{0} are present, the @samp{0} flag is ignored. +@cindex curved quotes +@cindex curly quotes The flag @samp{q} quotes the printed representation as per the -variable @samp{text-quoting-style} described below. +variable @samp{text-quoting-style}. @xref{Keys in Documentation}. +Typically it uses curved single quotes @t{‘like this’} as in the +following example. @example @group diff --git a/src/syntax.c b/src/syntax.c index d45936b2b28..30560affdf0 100644 --- a/src/syntax.c +++ b/src/syntax.c @@ -1333,9 +1333,11 @@ DEFUN ("internal-describe-syntax-value", Finternal_describe_syntax_value, insert_string (" (nestable)"); if (prefix) - insert1 (Fsubstitute_command_keys - (build_string - (",\n\t is a prefix character for `backward-prefix-chars'"))); + { + AUTO_STRING (prefixdoc, + ",\n\t is a prefix character for `backward-prefix-chars'"); + insert1 (Fsubstitute_command_keys (prefixdoc)); + } return syntax; } |