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`' quotes in messages (was Re: Success (mostly) with the testsuite)
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Raja R Harinath |
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`' quotes in messages (was Re: Success (mostly) with the testsuite) |
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26 Oct 2000 13:32:01 -0500 |
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Alexandre Oliva <address@hidden> writes:
> > test -f "$f" || { echo "configure: error: cannot find input file
> > \\\`$f'" >&2; exit 1; }
[snip]
> Maybe we should set ac_backquote and ac_singlequote upfront, and use
> it in error messages instead?
On a tangent, do we still want to use `...' quotes? The latest
XFree86 fonts do not show these as symmetric open and close quotes.
The "`" is more slanted, and the "'" looks like on the PC (a vertical
quote, which can be used for both open and close).
- hari
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