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Bug#1002501: release-notes: Quotes (" and ') in commands in PDF release notes are "smart" (”*” / ’hold$’) so don't copy/paste



Hi,

James Addison <jay@jp-hosting.net> wrote (Thu, 16 Feb 2023 02:12:49 +0000):
> In addition to including the 'upquote' package, it seems that a combination of
> two additional changes[3] produces the desired result:
> 
>   * Using single straight quotes instead of double quotes
> 
>   * Placing the relevant text within a 'screen' docbook element

I have tested James' proposal, and it seems fine to implement.
I compared two versions of r-n (with and without the use of upquote) site-by-site,
and that showed no site effects, but it does the desired change of keeping 
single quotes unchanged.

So I would vote for merging it.

> [3] - https://salsa.debian.org/jayaddison/release-notes/-/commit/4922a80e12db746de8bf8cad45d4fe63d43d9f90
> 
> [4] - https://salsa.debian.org/jayaddison/release-notes/-/blob/4922a80e12db746de8bf8cad45d4fe63d43d9f90/Makefile#L82-85
> 


Holger

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