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Re: On language-dependent defaults for character-folding
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Óscar Fuentes |
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Re: On language-dependent defaults for character-folding |
Date: |
Mon, 15 Feb 2016 13:31:26 +0100 |
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Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:
> > I'm disputing its default status, not the feature itself. Apparently,
> > some people here think that the feature should be enabled by default. A
> > search mechanism that matches unrelated letters, no less!
>
> There is no a priori reason why it should be on by default, or why it
> should be off by default. It is just a matter of what most users
> prefer.
>
> You've made it clear you prefer off by default. Maybe most users
> agree with you. I don't know.
>
> But there is no a priori reason why searching for n should not find ñ.
I've mentioned several times yet that, for someone who was educated on
Spanish, searching for n and finding ñ is no different than searching
for v and finding w. There are similar cases on other languages.
This looks like a strong a priori reason to me.
My point was repeated ad nauseam. I'll stop arguing about this issue
now.
- Re: On language-dependent defaults for character-folding, (continued)
- Re: On language-dependent defaults for character-folding, andres . ramirez, 2016/02/13
- Re: On language-dependent defaults for character-folding, Richard Stallman, 2016/02/14
- Re: On language-dependent defaults for character-folding, Juri Linkov, 2016/02/12
- Re: On language-dependent defaults for character-folding, Óscar Fuentes, 2016/02/12
- Re: On language-dependent defaults for character-folding, Richard Stallman, 2016/02/14
- Re: On language-dependent defaults for character-folding, Óscar Fuentes, 2016/02/14
- Re: On language-dependent defaults for character-folding, Richard Stallman, 2016/02/15
- Re: On language-dependent defaults for character-folding,
Óscar Fuentes <=
- Re: On language-dependent defaults for character-folding, Richard Stallman, 2016/02/15
- Re: On language-dependent defaults for character-folding, Elias Mårtenson, 2016/02/16
- Re: On language-dependent defaults for character-folding, Per Starbäck, 2016/02/16
- Re: On language-dependent defaults for character-folding, Ken Brown, 2016/02/16
- Re: On language-dependent defaults for character-folding, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2016/02/16
- Re: On language-dependent defaults for character-folding, Richard Stallman, 2016/02/17
- Re: On language-dependent defaults for character-folding, Alan Mackenzie, 2016/02/18
- Re: On language-dependent defaults for character-folding, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/02/18
- Re: On language-dependent defaults for character-folding, Richard Stallman, 2016/02/19
- Re: On language-dependent defaults for character-folding, John Wiegley, 2016/02/19