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Re: Back quote typo in error messages (?)

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FCFabrizio Cucci <fabrizio.cucci@gmail.com>
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Feb 16, 2017, 18:41 UTC
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On 15 February 2017 at 21:56, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
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> Grep for "``" in Git's documentation directory, and you will see many
> examples (asciidoc only accepts the double-quote form, not singles).
>
> You can also try:
>
>   echo "this is \`\`quoted'' text" >foo.txt
>   asciidoc foo.txt
>
> and then open "foo.html" in your browser.

We are probably going a bit OT here :) but AFAIK there is no such thing as non-symmetric start/end quotes in AsciiDoc.

Even enclosing something in curved quotes is done as follows:
'`single curved quotes`'
"`double curved quotes`"
(http://asciidoctor.org/docs/asciidoc-syntax-quick-reference/)
> I think patches would be welcome, but as Junio said, it probably should
> wait for the next cycle.
It can definitely wait and I would be glad to contribute!
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  2. Jeff KingFeb 15, 2017
  3. Junio C HamanoFeb 15, 2017
  4. Fabrizio CucciFeb 15, 2017
  5. Jeff KingFeb 15, 2017
  6. Fabrizio CucciFeb 16, 2017
  7. Jeff KingFeb 16, 2017
  8. Fabrizio CucciFeb 16, 2017

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