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diff --git a/doc/markup.rst b/doc/markup.rst index acabaa28..590bee00 100644 --- a/doc/markup.rst +++ b/doc/markup.rst @@ -845,10 +845,13 @@ Hyperlinked Identifiers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Referring to a Haskell identifier, whether it be a type, class, -constructor, or function, is done by surrounding it with single quotes: :: +constructor, or function, is done by surrounding it with a combination +of single quotes and backticks. For example: :: -- | This module defines the type 'T'. +```T``` is also ok. ``'T``` and ```T'`` are accepted but less common. + If there is an entity ``T`` in scope in the current module, then the documentation will hyperlink the reference in the text to the definition of ``T`` (if the output format supports hyperlinking, of course; in a @@ -876,14 +879,6 @@ apostrophes themselves: to hyperlink ``foo'`` one would simply type ``'foo''``. To hyperlink identifiers written in infix form, simply put them in quotes as always: ``'`elem`'``. -For compatibility with other systems, the following alternative form of -markup is accepted [3]_: ```T'``. - -.. [3] - We chose not to use this as the primary markup for identifiers - because strictly speaking the ````` character should not be used as a - left quote, it is a grave accent. - Emphasis, Bold and Monospaced Text ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |