Some human languages, such as English, are written from left to right.
Others, such as Arabic, are written from right to left. Emacs
supports both of these forms, as well as any mixture of them---this
-is ``bidirectional text''. @xref{Bidirectional Editing}.
+is bidirectional text. @xref{Bidirectional Editing}.
@item Bind
To bind a key sequence means to give it a binding (q.v.).
@item Buffer
The buffer is the basic editing unit; one buffer corresponds to one text
being edited. You normally have several buffers, but at any time you are
-editing only one, the ``current buffer'', though several can be visible
+editing only one, the current buffer, though several can be visible
when you are using multiple windows or frames (q.v.). Most buffers
are visiting (q.v.@:) some file. @xref{Buffers}.
screen line when displayed. We say that the text line is continued, and all
screen lines used for it after the first are called continuation
lines. @xref{Continuation Lines}. A related Emacs feature is
-``filling'' (q.v.).
+filling (q.v.).
@item Control Character
A control character is a character that you type by holding down the
GNU General Public License. @xref{Copying}.
@item @key{Ctrl}
-The @key{Ctrl} or ``control'' key is what you hold down
+The @key{Ctrl} or control key is what you hold down
in order to enter a control character (q.v.). @xref{Glossary---C-}.
@item Current Buffer
@anchor{Glossary---Deletion of Files}
@item Deletion of Files
Deleting a file means erasing it from the file system.
-(Note that some systems use the concept of a ``trash can'', or ``recycle
-bin'', to allow you to ``undelete'' files.)
+(Note that some systems use the concept of a trash can, or recycle
+bin, to allow you to undelete files.)
@xref{Misc File Ops,Misc File Ops,Miscellaneous File Operations}.
@item Deletion of Messages
@item Dired
Dired is the Emacs facility that displays the contents of a file
-directory and allows you to ``edit the directory'', performing
+directory and allows you to edit the directory, performing
operations on the files in the directory. @xref{Dired}.
@item Disabled Command
@item Fringe
On a graphical display (q.v.), there's a narrow portion of the frame
(q.v.@:) between the text area and the window's border. These
-``fringes'' are used to display symbols that provide information about
+fringes are used to display symbols that provide information about
the buffer text (@pxref{Fringes}). Emacs displays the fringe using a
special face (q.v.@:) called @code{fringe}. @xref{Faces,fringe}.
Quoting means depriving a character of its usual special significance.
The most common kind of quoting in Emacs is with @kbd{C-q}. What
constitutes special significance depends on the context and on
-convention. For example, an ``ordinary'' character as an Emacs command
+convention. For example, an ordinary character as an Emacs command
inserts itself; so in this context, a special character is any character
that does not normally insert itself (such as @key{DEL}, for example),
and quoting it makes it insert itself as if it were not special. Not
@item Register
Registers are named slots in which text, buffer positions, or
rectangles can be saved for later use. @xref{Registers}. A related
-Emacs feature is ``bookmarks'' (q.v.).
+Emacs feature is bookmarks (q.v.).
@anchor{Glossary---Regular Expression}
@item Regular Expression