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diff --git a/doc/lispref/strings.texi b/doc/lispref/strings.texi index 10385e05501..dd004927caf 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/strings.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/strings.texi @@ -826,20 +826,14 @@ to the produced string representations of the argument @var{objects}. @defun format-message string &rest objects @cindex curved quotes, in formatted messages @cindex curly quotes, in formatted messages -@cindex @code{text-quoting-style}, and formatting messages This function acts like @code{format}, except it also converts any grave accents (@t{`}) and apostrophes (@t{'}) in @var{string} as per the value of @code{text-quoting-style}. -A format that quotes with grave accents and apostrophes @t{`like -this'} typically generates curved quotes @t{‘like this’}. In -contrast, a format that quotes with only apostrophes @t{'like this'} -typically generates two closing curved quotes @t{’like this’}, an -unusual style in English. One way around such problems is to bind -@code{text-quoting-style} to the symbol @code{grave} around calls to -@code{format-message}; this causes @acronym{ASCII} quoting characters -to be output unchanged. @xref{Keys in Documentation}, for how the -@code{text-quoting-style} variable affects generated quotes. +Typically grave accent and apostrophe in the format translate to +matching curved quotes, e.g., @t{"Missing `%s'"} might result in +@t{"Missing ‘foo’"}. @xref{Text Quoting Style}, for how to influence +or inhibit this translation. @end defun @cindex @samp{%} in format |