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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2014-03-10 11:12:25 -0700
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2014-03-10 11:12:25 -0700
commit4cafb413cc93ce62afd780b0df7cad5ccb49dcd8 (patch)
tree5cc0537559c1b014bf62b24f8be70a556f233514 /etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL
parent6ecdd988b1078f82a8273503d729b289e5d53076 (diff)
downloademacs-4cafb413cc93ce62afd780b0df7cad5ccb49dcd8.tar.gz
Fix "\" problem in tutorials by using natural-language quotes.
* tutorials/TUTORIAL, tutorials/TUTORIAL.cs, tutorials/TUTORIAL.eo: * tutorials/TUTORIAL.es, tutorials/TUTORIAL.it, tutorials/TUTORIAL.ja: * tutorials/TUTORIAL.ko, tutorials/TUTORIAL.nl, tutorials/TUTORIAL.pl: * tutorials/TUTORIAL.pt_BR, tutorials/TUTORIAL.ro: * tutorials/TUTORIAL.ru, tutorials/TUTORIAL.sk, tutorials/TUTORIAL.sv: * tutorials/TUTORIAL.th: Avoid using ` for natural-language quotes. Instead, work around the problem with "\" by using non-" quotation marks appropriate for the natural language in question, e.g., «...» for Spanish. For English “...” could be used, but use '...' instead so that TUTORIAL continues to be encoded in ASCII.
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diff --git a/etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL b/etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL
index fbe631a90aa..d755122437b 100644
--- a/etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL
+++ b/etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ of text is "continued" onto a second screen line. If you're using a
graphical display, little curved arrows appear in the narrow spaces on
each side of the text area (the left and right "fringes"), to indicate
where a line has been continued. If you're using a text terminal, the
-continued line is indicated by a backslash (`\') on the rightmost
+continued line is indicated by a backslash ('\') on the rightmost
screen column.
>> Insert text until you reach the right margin, and keep on inserting.
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ C-z is the command to exit Emacs *temporarily*--so that you can go
back to the same Emacs session afterward. When Emacs is running on a
text terminal, C-z "suspends" Emacs; that is, it returns to the shell
but does not destroy the Emacs job. In the most common shells, you
-can resume Emacs with the `fg' command or with `%emacs'.
+can resume Emacs with the "fg" command or with "%emacs".
The time to use C-x C-c is when you are about to log out. It's also
the right thing to use to exit an Emacs invoked for a quick edit, such
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ called an incremental search waiting for you to type the thing that
you want to search for. <Return> terminates a search.
>> Now type C-s to start a search. SLOWLY, one letter at a time,
- type the word 'cursor', pausing after you type each
+ type the word "cursor", pausing after you type each
character to notice what happens to the cursor.
Now you have searched for "cursor", once.
>> Type C-s again, to search for the next occurrence of "cursor".
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ you want to search for. <Return> terminates a search.
Did you see what happened? Emacs, in an incremental search, tries to
go to the occurrence of the string that you've typed out so far. To
-go to the next occurrence of 'cursor' just type C-s again. If no such
+go to the next occurrence of "cursor" just type C-s again. If no such
occurrence exists, Emacs beeps and tells you the search is currently
"failing". C-g would also terminate the search.
@@ -1060,7 +1060,7 @@ corresponding command names (such as C-x C-f beside find-file).
>> Type C-x 1 to delete the help window.
C-h i Read included Manuals (a.k.a. Info). This command puts
- you into a special buffer called `*info*' where you
+ you into a special buffer called "*info*" where you
can read manuals for the packages installed on your system.
Type m emacs <Return> to read the Emacs manual.
If you have never before used Info, type ? and Emacs
@@ -1131,4 +1131,3 @@ and comes with permission to distribute copies on certain conditions:
Please read the file COPYING and then do give copies of GNU Emacs to
your friends. Help stamp out software obstructionism ("ownership") by
using, writing, and sharing free software!
-