From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Dyballa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: alphabets resp. locales Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:52:44 +0200 Message-ID: <47905B2A-93EE-4F42-9444-F4CF5E150841@Web.DE> References: <4C625688.6080600@online.de> <4C628FDF.9020003@easy-emacs.de> <890DCAB1-EAD8-40D1-BDC2-545B47678199@Web.DE> <4C62AA24.8050707@easy-emacs.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1281538488 9584 80.91.229.12 (11 Aug 2010 14:54:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:54:48 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: =?WINDOWS-1252?Q?Andreas_R=F6hler?= Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 11 16:54:43 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OjChW-0007BZ-UV for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:54:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50716 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OjChW-0000r4-BQ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:54:42 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=58624 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OjCfg-0008W3-Dq for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:52:49 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OjCff-00066e-7W for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:52:48 -0400 Original-Received: from fmmailgate03.web.de ([217.72.192.234]:40796) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OjCfe-00066K-VT for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:52:47 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp02.web.de ( [172.20.0.184]) by fmmailgate03.web.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A32B15D71909; Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:52:45 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [91.35.239.135] (helo=[192.168.1.2]) by smtp02.web.de with asmtp (WEB.DE 4.110 #24) id 1OjCfd-0008VP-00; Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:52:45 +0200 In-Reply-To: <4C62AA24.8050707@easy-emacs.de> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) X-Sender: Peter_Dyballa@web.de X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18SbZtV8qrW8FskuKUxGgSdcl8bEwzyKwhXO7Wl tqb3ry/bvNSheJz+AjvAioLs+VrIBDMCLYT6XgLwQdOz8Qc/Wv b5Jvw8DzVKCK3qnAaFJQ== X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:74546 Archived-At: Am 11.08.2010 um 15:48 schrieb Andreas R=F6hler: > I'm sure Emacs has already an instance of it, as [[:alpha:]] is =20 > working. As I mentioned: this test or set has nothing to do with an "alphabet" =20= of a natural, spoken and/or written, language. The alphabetic =20 characters are no digits and not graphic and neither control =20 characters and can be converted to either lowers or uppers, i.e., an =20 upper and a lower case exist. In other words: they are word =20 components. Words don't contain digits, $, &, etc. Dotless i and j, =20 German =DF, as just a few modern examples from the Latin based scripts, =20= are a bit problematic (only one case). All alphabetic characters =20 delimit the word from inside the word, non-alphabetic characters embed =20= the words into a sentence or part of a sentence (in case the speaker =20 suddenly dies or is interrupted). -- Mit friedvollen Gr=FC=DFen Pete Es geht nix =FCber eine elektrische Klob=FCrste!