On Fri, 2006-07-28 at 09:58 -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > > Why? > > Because > > * Back ticks are deprecated, and in future may be used for something > else. I've never heard of this. Interesting.
> * One can nest $(), but not back ticks. I've never thought of this. Useful. > * In some fonts, back ticks may be confused with ticks, producing > programming errors, where in most fonts parentheses are not easily > confused with other characters. I've never doubted this. Figures. > * $() shows up better when one uses Emacs' parentheses matching minor > mode. I've never needed this. Irrelevant. :) That really is useful info to know. I'd be interested in reading about the back tick being deprecated. Any links? I'll just google if not. -- Gabriel Gunderson http://gundy.org /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
