From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: On language-dependent defaults for character-folding Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 20:24:13 +0200 Message-ID: <83egc9ubaq.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87mvr9wxqz.fsf@wanadoo.es> <87io1xwq1e.fsf@wanadoo.es> <87vb5wvzfz.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <87io1wt4cc.fsf@wanadoo.es> <8737syoima.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <871t8iu277.fsf@wanadoo.es> <87y4apfpr6.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <87wpq9qwia.fsf@wanadoo.es> <87k2m7qse0.fsf@wanadoo.es> <878u2mqhnl.fsf@wanadoo.es> <878u2jpy0t.fsf@fastmail.fm> <834md7wdtg.fsf@gnu.org> <87si0rgd94.fsf@udel.edu> <83h9h5ud2f.fsf@gnu.org> <87lh6hzxuj.fsf@udel.edu> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1455819877 13295 80.91.229.3 (18 Feb 2016 18:24:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 18:24:37 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Mark Oteiza Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 18 19:24:32 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aWTFe-0003Y5-1n for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 18 Feb 2016 19:24:30 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44164 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aWTFc-0007JU-VN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 18 Feb 2016 13:24:28 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59841) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aWTFA-0007Gv-Ok for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Feb 2016 13:24:01 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aWTF7-0006sL-Jf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Feb 2016 13:24:00 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:53655) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aWTF7-0006sC-BA; Thu, 18 Feb 2016 13:23:57 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:1986 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1aWTF6-00063k-Mt; Thu, 18 Feb 2016 13:23:57 -0500 In-reply-to: <87lh6hzxuj.fsf@udel.edu> (message from Mark Oteiza on Thu, 18 Feb 2016 13:18:12 -0500) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:200143 Archived-At: > From: Mark Oteiza > Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 13:18:12 -0500 > > Eli Zaretskii writes: > > >> From: Mark Oteiza > >> Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 17:53:27 -0500 > >> > >> I didn't know what character folding was before this was implemented in > >> Emacs, and AFAICT the only other thing I happen to have installed that > >> does this is Chromium. > > > > We don't have to always be the Nth application on the block to > > implement something useful. When Emacs was first introduced, it > > pioneered many features that nowadays are taken for granted. There's > > no reason why this trend should stop, IMO. > > If Emacs does become the first application to implement char-folding and > provide a means to overcome the language issues associated with the > current implementation, that will be impressive. "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."