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: Sun, 21 Feb 2016 19:23:05 +0200 Message-ID: <83io1im0zq.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83pow26svf.fsf@gnu.org> <87a8n5srbp.fsf@wanadoo.es> <83d1s17npz.fsf@gnu.org> <87oablfpn3.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <834mdd6llx.fsf@gnu.org> <7fbb8bc7-9a97-4bad-a103-a6690a35241d@default> <834mdc5w6o.fsf@gnu.org> <838u2hu6aq.fsf@gnu.org> <871t899tde.fsf@gnus.org> <83y4ahru04.fsf@gnu.org> <83fuwproyf.fsf@gnu.org> <837fi0sz29.fsf@gnu.org> <83egc8qzjh.fsf@gnu.org> <87egc7evu3.fsf@gnus.org> <83io1jpt4u.fsf@gnu.org> <87povqhj25.fsf@gnus.org> <83povqm3dw.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 1456075423 17292 80.91.229.3 (21 Feb 2016 17:23:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2016 17:23:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: larsi@gnus.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Elias =?utf-8?Q?M=C3=A5rtenson?= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 21 18:23:43 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 1aXXjR-0003Zi-FB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 21 Feb 2016 18:23:41 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42724 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aXXjQ-0004rT-Hc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 21 Feb 2016 12:23:40 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54288) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aXXj8-0004q7-GG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Feb 2016 12:23:26 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aXXj3-0003zD-SS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Feb 2016 12:23:22 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:38509) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aXXj3-0003z9-OZ; Sun, 21 Feb 2016 12:23:17 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:4188 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1aXXj2-0004mp-Jc; Sun, 21 Feb 2016 12:23:17 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Elias =?utf-8?Q?M=C3=A5rtenson?= on Mon, 22 Feb 2016 00:58:37 +0800) 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:200391 Archived-At: > Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 00:58:37 +0800 > From: Elias Mårtenson > Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen , emacs-devel > > Now, other languages may use the character (in the Unicode sense) ö as a variation of o. In other words, o > with ¨ on top of it. For users of such languages ö is just a variation of o as we also have discussed before. On > the other hand, ø is not used as a variation of o in any language that I am aware of. I don't think this is correct. I think ö is a letter on its own in any language that uses it. Which is why I don't see how it is different from ø.