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: Case mapping of sharp s Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:28:33 +0200 Message-ID: <83r5rrnpxq.fsf@gnu.org> References: <4B05A11F.5000700@gmx.de> <87iqd6gmpk.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87tywp7tir.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87aayheki7.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87fx88aw6a.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87zl6fdbeu.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <833a47pu3j.fsf@gnu.org> <87skc7cljm.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1258864135 11909 80.91.229.12 (22 Nov 2009 04:28:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:28:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: dak@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca To: "Stephen J. Turnbull" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 22 05:28:47 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NC446-0004p6-SK for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:28:47 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56357 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NC446-0007rG-Bc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:28:46 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NC441-0007r3-Kk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:28:41 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NC43w-0007pG-US for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:28:41 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=39001 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NC43w-0007p7-R8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:28:36 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout21.012.net.il ([80.179.55.169]:44333) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NC43t-00088w-MJ; Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:28:33 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout21.012.net.il by a-mtaout21.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0KTH00G00TOWM800@a-mtaout21.012.net.il>; Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:28:32 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.70.37.193]) by a-mtaout21.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0KTH00D9TTRJSBA0@a-mtaout21.012.net.il>; Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:28:32 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <87skc7cljm.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:117482 Archived-At: > From: "Stephen J. Turnbull" > Cc: dak@gnu.org, > rms@gnu.org, > monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, > emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:58:53 +0900 > > > Better algorithms with saner results were available years before > > UAX#9 was published, and they worked with codepoints from DOS the > > codepage 862 just dandy. You (Stephen) may recall that I presented > > one of them in Tsukuba 9 years ago. > > Sure, and it's still not usable in any popular editor AFAIK, while > millions of people are using the Unicode standard algorithm if it is > in fact the one the Microsoft uses in its wordprocessors. Just because no one in the Emacs development was interested enough. Welcome to Free Software!