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@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+@c -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 @c This is part of the Emacs manual.
-@c Copyright (C) 1985-1987, 1993-1995, 1997, 2000-2015 Free Software
+@c Copyright (C) 1985-1987, 1993-1995, 1997, 2000-2016 Free Software
 @c Foundation, Inc.
 @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions.
 @node Basic
@@ -104,10 +105,22 @@ the letters @kbd{a} to @kbd{f} serve as part of a character code,
 just like digits.  Case is ignored.
 
 @findex insert-char
-@kindex C-x 8 RET
+@kindex C-x 8
 @cindex Unicode characters, inserting
 @cindex insert Unicode character
 @cindex characters, inserting by name or code-point
+@cindex curly quotes
+@cindex curved quotes
+  A few common Unicode characters can be inserted via a command
+starting with @kbd{C-x 8}.  For example, @kbd{C-x 8 [} inserts @t{‘}
+which is Unicode code-point @code{U+2018} LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK,
+sometimes called a left single ``curved quote'' or ``curly quote''.
+Similarly, @kbd{C-x 8 ]}, @kbd{C-x 8 @{} and @kbd{C-x 8 @}} insert the
+curved quotes @t{’}, @t{“} and @t{”}, respectively.  Also, a working
+Alt key acts like @kbd{C-x 8}; e.g., @kbd{A-[} acts like @kbd{C-x 8 [}
+and inserts @t{‘}.  To see which characters have @kbd{C-x 8}
+shorthands, type @kbd{C-x 8 C-h}.
+
   Alternatively, you can use the command @kbd{C-x 8 @key{RET}}
 (@code{insert-char}).  This prompts for the Unicode name or code-point
 of a character, using the minibuffer.  If you enter a name, the
@@ -116,15 +129,26 @@ code-point, it should be as a hexadecimal number (the convention for
 Unicode), or a number with a specified radix, e.g., @code{#o23072}
 (octal); @xref{Integer Basics,,, elisp, The Emacs Lisp Reference
 Manual}.  The command then inserts the corresponding character into
-the buffer.  For example, both of the following insert the infinity
-sign (Unicode code-point @code{U+221E}):
+the buffer.
+
+  In some contexts, if you type a quotation using grave accent and
+apostrophe @t{`like this'}, it is converted to a form @t{‘like this’}
+using single quotation marks.  Similarly, typing a quotation @t{``like
+this''} using double grave accent and apostrophe converts it to a form
+@t{“like this”} using double quotation marks.  @xref{Quotation Marks}.
+
+  For example, the following all insert the same character:
 
 @example
-@kbd{C-x 8 @key{RET} infinity @key{RET}}
-@kbd{C-x 8 @key{RET} 221e @key{RET}}
+@kbd{C-x 8 @key{RET} left single quotation mark @key{RET}}
+@kbd{C-x 8 @key{RET} left sin @key{TAB} @key{RET}}
+@kbd{C-x 8 @key{RET} 2018 @key{RET}}
+@kbd{C-x 8 [}
+@kbd{A-[}  @r{(if the Alt key works)}
+@kbd{`}    @r{(in Electric Quote mode)}
 @end example
 
-  A numeric argument to @kbd{C-q} or @kbd{C-x 8 @key{RET}} specifies
+  A numeric argument to @kbd{C-q} or @kbd{C-x 8 ...} specifies
 how many copies of the character to insert (@pxref{Arguments}).
 
 @node Moving Point
@@ -206,14 +230,14 @@ preserves position within the line, like @kbd{C-n}.
 @item C-a
 @itemx @key{Home}
 @kindex C-a
-@kindex HOME
+@kindex HOME key
 @findex move-beginning-of-line
 Move to the beginning of the line (@code{move-beginning-of-line}).
 
 @item C-e
 @itemx @key{End}
 @kindex C-e
-@kindex END
+@kindex END key
 @findex move-end-of-line
 Move to the end of the line (@code{move-end-of-line}).
 
@@ -401,7 +425,7 @@ On some text terminals, Emacs may not recognize the @key{DEL} key
 properly.  @xref{DEL Does Not Delete}, if you encounter this problem.
 
   The @key{Delete} (@code{delete-forward-char}) command deletes in the
-``opposite direction'': it deletes the character after point, i.e., the
+opposite direction: it deletes the character after point, i.e., the
 character under the cursor.  If point was at the end of a line, this
 joins the following line onto this one.  Like @kbd{@key{DEL}}, it
 deletes the text in the region if the region is active (@pxref{Mark}).
@@ -739,7 +763,7 @@ down one line, as you might expect---the @samp{0} is treated as part
 of the prefix argument.
 
 (What if you do want to insert five copies of @samp{0}?  Type @kbd{M-5
-C-u 0}.  Here, @kbd{C-u} ``terminates'' the prefix argument, so that
+C-u 0}.  Here, @kbd{C-u} terminates the prefix argument, so that
 the next keystroke begins the command that you want to execute.  Note
 that this meaning of @kbd{C-u} applies only to this case.  For the
 usual role of @kbd{C-u}, see below.)
@@ -757,7 +781,7 @@ multiplies the argument for the next command by four.  @kbd{C-u C-u}
 multiplies it by sixteen.  Thus, @kbd{C-u C-u C-f} moves forward
 sixteen characters.  Other useful combinations are @kbd{C-u C-n},
 @kbd{C-u C-u C-n} (move down a good fraction of a screen), @kbd{C-u
-C-u C-o} (make ``a lot'' of blank lines), and @kbd{C-u C-k} (kill four
+C-u C-o} (make sixteen blank lines), and @kbd{C-u C-k} (kill four
 lines).
 
   You can use a numeric argument before a self-inserting character to