bug#22036: 25.0.50; (emacs) Lax Search

[Drew Adams]

> I made most of the changes you suggested; the few comments
> below are where I did not.

Thanks.

> > 15. "typing an explicit variant of a character, such as `ä'".
> > Consider adding the char name after this char, or do something
> > else to help readers see that what is quoted is not just the
> > letter "a".
> 
> I very much doubt we need this with Unicode-capable fonts all
> around us.  But if I'm wrong, we will see bug reports.

I agree that the name of the char is unimportant here (and so
inappropriate).  I will only say that even with a fairly large
font size, with my default font of Lucida Console I cannot really
see the diacritical - see screenshot.  I do suggest perhaps
trying a different char or "do something else" to make clear that
this letter has a mark.

Even with the default (emacs -Q) font, for instance, `á' is much
easier to distinguish from `a' than is `ä'.  The occurrence of
`ä' in the last paragraph, where there is no other to compare
with, is particularly problematic.

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