From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: info-lookup-symbol index case sensitivity Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 20:13:14 -0500 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <20021207011314.GA17432@gnu.org> References: <87bs42ab5k.fsf@zip.com.au> <877kemsm0o.fsf@zip.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1039224125 5834 80.91.224.249 (7 Dec 2002 01:22:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2002 01:22:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18KTfO-0001Vn-00 for ; Sat, 07 Dec 2002 02:22:02 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18KToH-0005Kh-00 for ; Sat, 07 Dec 2002 02:31:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18KTXi-0004Tf-00; Fri, 06 Dec 2002 20:14:06 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18KTX1-0004HF-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Dec 2002 20:13:23 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18KTWt-0003vT-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Dec 2002 20:13:18 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18KTWs-0003uH-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Dec 2002 20:13:14 -0500 Original-Received: from miles by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.10) id 18KTWs-0004e3-00; Fri, 06 Dec 2002 20:13:14 -0500 Original-To: Kevin Ryde Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <877kemsm0o.fsf@zip.com.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Blat: Foop Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:9947 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:9947 On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 10:36:23AM +1000, Kevin Ryde wrote: > > It is a good thing for index search to ignore case. That should make > > it far easier to use, especially for beginners. As for occasional > > conflicts, that is less of an issue. > > But I would assert that if I ask for "C-h C-i FOO" then I should be > shown the doco for "FOO" and not for "foo". It seems reasonable to use the same heuristic that searching does -- if the search term is all lowercase, then ignore case in the lookup, otherwise (if there some capital letters in the search term) do a case-sensitive lookup. -Miles -- Come now, if we were really planning to harm you, would we be waiting here, beside the path, in the very darkest part of the forest?