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From: Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Cc: Rasmus <rasmus@gmx.us>
Subject: Re: Bug: Exporting smart single quotes in Org 8.3 seems broken [8.3.2 (8.3.2-elpa @ /Users/jonathan/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20150929/)]
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 12:38:44 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160916070840.rv5edcpnyzznfont@chitra.no-ip.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87lgyts34q.fsf@saiph.selenimh>

Hi Nicolas,

On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 03:29:09PM +0200, Nicolas Goaziou wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > Sorry about resuming an old thread, but how would I go about quoting
> > special characters?  I need to quote strings like '<L', '+L', etc.
> > Using double quotes here seems wrong.
> 
> Why does it seem wrong?

It feels wrong as these are not English words, or phrases, but strings
with context dependent special meaning.  In my case, these are action
keys in my organisation denoting specific processes.

I also found this English.SX answer:

  http://english.stackexchange.com/a/3471

It mentions:

  [...] referring to the concept behind the word [...],

as one of the use cases for single quotes.

Cheers,

-- 
Suvayu

Open source is the future. It sets us free.

  reply	other threads:[~2016-09-16  7:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-10-01 22:45 Bug: Exporting smart single quotes in Org 8.3 seems broken [8.3.2 (8.3.2-elpa @ /Users/jonathan/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20150929/)] Jonathan Oddie
2015-10-02 16:35 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2015-10-02 17:32   ` Jonathan Oddie
2015-10-02 18:53     ` Nicolas Goaziou
2015-10-02 19:36       ` Jonathan Oddie
2015-10-02 20:13         ` Rasmus
2015-10-02 21:55           ` Nicolas Goaziou
2015-10-02 22:24             ` Rasmus
2015-10-03  7:30               ` Nicolas Goaziou
2015-12-06 13:55                 ` lipidic man
2015-12-06 15:28                   ` Rasmus
2015-12-06 17:45                     ` Nicolas Goaziou
2015-12-06 18:21                     ` lipidic man
2016-09-15  6:59                 ` Suvayu Ali
2016-09-15 13:29                   ` Nicolas Goaziou
2016-09-16  7:08                     ` Suvayu Ali [this message]
2016-09-16 16:40                       ` Nicolas Goaziou

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