Re: char equivalence classes in search - why not symmetric?

[Richard Stallman]

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  > > No, they aren't.  For instance, A and Á are not equivalent in search.
  > > Searching for A will match Á, but searching for Á will not match A.

  > Please read what I said: "The chars are equivalent when searched for."
  >                                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I stand corrected.  Strictly speaking, that is true.  But since the
term's implications could be misleading, let's avoid the word
"equivalence" and say it in other ways.

  >   That is the proposal of this thread: to make
  > them equivalent also in their use in a search string (when char
  > folding is turned on).
 
I think that is a mistake.

  > The only explanation I saw from you was that you want the presence
  > of an accented char in the search string to automatically turn off
  > char folding.  That's your preference.

I proposed that.  But perhaps making Á match only Á is better.

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