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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 |