maint: quote 'like this' or "like this", not `like this'

* doc/coreutils.texi (Formatting the file names):
coreutils now quotes 'like this'.
* man/help2man:
* src/timeout.c (usage): Quote 'like this' in diagnostics.
* HACKING, Makefile.am, NEWS, README, README-hacking, TODO, cfg.mk:
* doc/Makefile.am, doc/coreutils.texi, m4/jm-macros.m4:
* man/Makefile.am, man/help2man, src/Makefile.am, src/copy.h:
* src/extract-magic, src/ls.c, src/pinky.c, src/pr.c, src/sort.c:
* src/split.c, src/timeout.c, src/who.c, tests/dd/skip-seek-past-file:
* tests/pr/pr-tests: Quote 'like this' in commentary.
* cfg.mk (old_NEWS_hash): Update due to changed old NEWS.

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am
index 69fdde552..a33e2f9ef 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/Makefile.am
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ sc-avoid-path:
 	  && fail=1;							\
 	exit $$fail
 
-# Use `time zone', not `timezone'.
+# Use "time zone", not "timezone".
 sc-avoid-timezone:
 	$(AM_V_GEN)$(EGREP) timezone $(srcdir)/*.texi && exit 1 || :
 
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ sc-avoid-io:
 sc-avoid-non-zero:
 	$(AM_V_GEN)$(EGREP) non-zero $(srcdir)/*.texi && exit 1 || :
 
-# Use `zeros', not `zeroes' (nothing wrong with `zeroes'. just be consistent).
+# Use "zeros", not "zeroes" (nothing wrong with "zeroes"; just be consistent).
 sc-avoid-zeroes:
 	$(AM_V_GEN)$(EGREP) -i '$(_W)zeroes$(W_)' $(srcdir)/*.texi \
 	  && exit 1 || :
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 2ada96247..0d3b7390d 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -1327,7 +1327,7 @@ other parts of that standard.
 @cindex symbolic link to directory, controlling traversal of
 
 The following options modify how @command{chown} and @command{chgrp}
-@c FIXME: note that `du' has these options, too, but they have slightly
+@c FIXME: note that 'du' has these options, too, but they have slightly
 @c different meaning.
 traverse a hierarchy when the @option{--recursive} (@option{-R})
 option is also specified.
@@ -2299,8 +2299,8 @@ The program accepts the following options.  Also see @ref{Common options}.
 
 @item +@var{first_page}[:@var{last_page}]
 @itemx --pages=@var{first_page}[:@var{last_page}]
-@c The two following @opindex lines evoke warnings because they contain `:'
-@c The `info' spec does not permit that.  If we use those lines, we end
+@c The two following @opindex lines evoke warnings because they contain ':'
+@c The 'info' spec does not permit that.  If we use those lines, we end
 @c up with truncated index entries that don't work.
 @c @opindex +@var{first_page}[:@var{last_page}]
 @c @opindex --pages=@var{first_page}[:@var{last_page}]
@@ -4813,7 +4813,7 @@ contains lines unique to @var{file1}, column two contains lines unique
 to @var{file2}, and column three contains lines common to both files.
 Columns are separated by a single TAB character.
 @c FIXME: when there's an option to supply an alternative separator
-@c string, append `by default' to the above sentence.
+@c string, append "by default" to the above sentence.
 
 @opindex -1
 @opindex -2
@@ -7401,7 +7401,7 @@ locale.
 @c Use @t instead of @samp to avoid duplicate quoting in some output styles.
 Quote strings as for C character string literals, except use
 surrounding quotation marks appropriate for the locale, and quote
-@t{`like this'} instead of @t{"like
+@t{'like this'} instead of @t{"like
 this"} in the default C locale.  This looks nicer on many displays.
 @end table
 
@@ -9557,7 +9557,7 @@ for a FIFO
 for a block special file
 
 @item c
-@c Don't document the `u' option -- it's just a synonym for `c'.
+@c Don't document the 'u' option -- it's just a synonym for 'c'.
 @c Do *any* versions of mknod still use it?
 @c @itemx u
 @opindex c @r{for character special file}