From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
To: Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org>
Cc: philip@warpmail.net, 42064@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#42064: 28.0.50; German "Sharp S" is capitalized inconsistenly
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2020 08:57:31 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADwFkmmJFLL17HN3OYt73BZ+BKEkTZbg6DFd8ss5cU=E3aqp+Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201019.083145.1926465227104280220.wl@gnu.org>
tags 42064 + wontfix notabug
close 42064
thanks
Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org> writes:
> AFAICS, the behaviour of the German postfix input method is fully
> correct. The default lowercase/uppercase pairing is 'ß/SS'. 'ẞ'
> should not be a target of 'uppercase-fication'; its use is very
> special.[*]
>
>> Does that mean that this is a wontfix?
>
> I suggest so.
Thanks Werner, your explanation was both interesting and helpful.
Based on that, I'm closing this bug report now.
> [*] Mainly a solution to indicate 'ß' in names that have to be written
> in uppercase letters. Consider the names 'Strauss' and 'Strauß',
> which both occur in German and have to be distinguished in
> passports, where family names are to be written in uppercase:
> 'STRAUSS' and 'STRAUẞ'. However, in every other context, they
> should be both uppercased as 'STRAUSS'.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-10-19 8:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-06-26 18:44 bug#42064: 28.0.50; German "Sharp S" is capitalized inconsistenly Philip K.
2020-06-26 18:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-06-26 19:08 ` Philip K.
2020-06-26 19:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-18 1:39 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-10-19 3:42 ` Richard Stallman
2020-10-19 8:57 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-10-19 6:31 ` Werner LEMBERG
2020-10-19 8:57 ` Stefan Kangas [this message]
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