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: Sat, 13 Feb 2016 17:40:13 +0200 Message-ID: <83h9hc62le.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> <83d1s28kvh.fsf@gnu.org> <87r3gis7sm.fsf@wanadoo.es> <83twle71xy.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1455378038 20558 80.91.229.3 (13 Feb 2016 15:40:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2016 15:40:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ofv@wanadoo.es, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org, Kenichi Handa Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 13 16:40:33 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 1aUcJF-00069L-92 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 13 Feb 2016 16:40:33 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42869 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aUcJE-0008A2-Dl for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 13 Feb 2016 10:40:32 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49248) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aUcJA-00089c-9h for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Feb 2016 10:40:29 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aUcJ9-00021G-BG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Feb 2016 10:40:28 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:56397) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aUcJ4-000206-0G; Sat, 13 Feb 2016 10:40:22 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:4997 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1aUcIu-000792-CY; Sat, 13 Feb 2016 10:40:12 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Richard Stallman on Sat, 13 Feb 2016 10:32:22 -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:199877 Archived-At: > From: Richard Stallman > CC: ofv@wanadoo.es, emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2016 10:32:22 -0500 > > > > If ñ is meant to be read as ñ > > > Don't you see them displayed identically in Emacs (and in any other > > program that correctly implements display of combining accents)? > > Maybe I don't really understand that "if" part. > > I am using Emacs on a Linux console. I see them as two characters. > The first is n, and the second displays as a diamond. Your console doesn't combine them into one. > I get the impression Emacs expects them to display as a single > character, though, because it messes up cursor positioning. > (Someone told me a variable to set to prevent that messing up, > but I failed to set it in .emacs and I don't remember its name now. > Does anyone recall?) It's auto-composition-mode. I asked Handa-san (CC'ed) earlier whether we should turn off auto-composition-mode on a TTY, but didn't get any responses. Maybe I will have better luck now.