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Re: On language-dependent defaults for character-folding


From: Óscar Fuentes
Subject: Re: On language-dependent defaults for character-folding
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 13:31:26 +0100
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux)

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.



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