Re: Types of quotes in xref linkend references

On Sun, 2026-03-01 at 02:59 +0000, lfs wrote:
> Whilst looking to track down some package references within
> the XML sources, I happened to notice, in
> 
> x/installing/xorg-config.xml
> 
> that it has some xref elements in which the linkend attributes
> have targets enclosed in single quotes, rather than the double
> quotes I had seen elsewhere, and, as it happened, happened to
> be grep-ing for when I couldn't find something!
> 
> I appreciate that there's no LFS style guide, and that one can
> use either form, but "the numbers"
> 
> $ grep -r linkend=\" . | wc -l
> 9202
> $
> $ grep -r linkend=\' . | wc -l
> 330
> $
> 
> might suggest that double quotes should be used for attribute
> values, unless there's any specific reason why single quotes
> are needed.

I tend to use single quotes as they are more friendly to translators. 
In the translation workflow double quotes must be escaped in the msgstr
and msgid entries.

> Then again, maybe such inconsistencies in the sources are part
> of the learning experience.

Generally it's bad to perform such a repository-wide style change
because it simply breaks git blame without any obvious benefit.

-- 
Xi Ruoyao <[email protected]>

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