From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: Jean-Christophe Helary <jean.christophe.helary@gmail.com>,
emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: char equivalence classes in search - why not symmetric?
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2015 00:19:28 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87mvww38yn.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <35212406-d05c-4883-8f37-ac80637b54d6@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Tue, 8 Sep 2015 06:39:15 -0700 (PDT)")
>> > I disagree. When I search for "Müller" I want it to also match
>> > "Muller" because some people (e.g., in French speaking countries) use
>> > this as an approximation of the spelling.
>>
>> It's fine that emacs is "different", but common (nano, vi, GUI editors, word
>> processors) behaviour is that a search strictly matches the string, and that
>> creates expectations.
In Web browsers by default “u” matches “ü” as well as “ü” matches “u”.
>> For the Muller case above, as a translator I could see
>> myself search for Muller to correct it to Müller and not be happy to have
>> all the correct Müllers showing up in the search.
>
> Not a problem, provided we have a toggle like what Juri suggested.
> Toggle literal vs char folding. And ensure that char folding is
> symmetric (this thread), and not just one-way as it is now.
Do you mean a toggle for an individual character in the search string
or a toggle for the whole search string? Also is it a three-state toggle
between literal match, “ü” matches only “ü”, “ü” matches both “u” and “ü”,
“ü” matches “u”, “ü” and all other variants like “ú”?
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Thread overview: 86+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-09-01 15:46 char equivalence classes in search - why not symmetric? Drew Adams
2015-09-01 15:52 ` Davis Herring
2015-09-01 16:51 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-09-01 17:51 ` Drew Adams
2015-09-01 18:40 ` Davis Herring
2015-09-01 19:09 ` Drew Adams
2015-09-01 22:45 ` Juri Linkov
2015-09-02 0:33 ` Drew Adams
2015-09-01 20:10 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2015-09-01 16:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <<38061f42-eaf1-47c6-b74d-f676ac952b18@default>
[not found] ` <<83r3miatvl.fsf@gnu.org>
[not found] ` <<21998.29683.916211.867479@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de>
[not found] ` <<9A972800-D8F0-4DA8-877E-07D5BDC2E1F9@gmail.com>
2015-09-01 17:50 ` Drew Adams
2015-09-01 18:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-09-01 18:46 ` Drew Adams
2015-09-01 19:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-09-01 20:15 ` Drew Adams
2015-09-08 5:36 ` Ulrich Mueller
2015-09-08 6:04 ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2015-09-08 13:31 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2015-09-08 14:24 ` Drew Adams
2015-09-08 15:21 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2015-09-08 16:58 ` Drew Adams
2015-09-08 17:38 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2015-09-09 22:52 ` Drew Adams
2015-09-10 3:12 ` Drew Adams
2015-09-10 21:46 ` Drew Adams
2015-09-08 20:15 ` Richard Stallman
2015-09-08 20:15 ` Richard Stallman
2015-09-08 21:25 ` Drew Adams
2015-09-09 15:07 ` Richard Stallman
2015-09-09 15:21 ` Drew Adams
2015-09-10 2:03 ` Richard Stallman
2015-09-10 3:23 ` Drew Adams
2015-09-11 10:28 ` Richard Stallman
2015-09-11 13:28 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-09-11 16:33 ` Drew Adams
2015-09-11 20:59 ` Juri Linkov
2015-09-11 23:11 ` Drew Adams
2015-09-12 15:28 ` Richard Stallman
2015-09-11 16:31 ` Drew Adams
2015-09-11 10:28 ` Richard Stallman
2015-09-11 16:31 ` Drew Adams
2015-09-12 15:29 ` Richard Stallman
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2015-09-08 21:46 ` Drew Adams
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2015-09-12 15:59 ` Drew Adams
2015-09-08 13:39 ` Drew Adams
2015-09-08 21:19 ` Juri Linkov [this message]
2015-09-09 15:07 ` Richard Stallman
2015-09-08 15:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-09-08 16:57 ` Drew Adams
2015-09-08 21:20 ` Juri Linkov
2015-09-09 2:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-09-09 11:23 ` Artur Malabarba
2015-09-09 13:32 ` Drew Adams
2015-09-09 15:12 ` Richard Stallman
2015-09-11 20:50 ` Juri Linkov
[not found] ` <<CAAdUY-JMQVsRFku8nwX8JcA9k6Y9sHWoVL6ZC60RHnjoj0cd+Q@mail.gmail.com>
[not found] ` <<E1ZZh2a-0003u6-Fj@fencepost.gnu.org>
2015-09-09 15:22 ` Drew Adams
2015-09-10 2:03 ` Richard Stallman
2015-09-10 3:15 ` Drew Adams
2015-09-10 6:57 ` David Kastrup
2015-09-10 15:02 ` Drew Adams
2015-09-10 15:50 ` Richard Stallman
2015-09-08 20:09 ` Richard Stallman
2015-09-08 21:00 ` Drew Adams
2015-09-09 15:06 ` Richard Stallman
2015-09-08 21:47 ` Ulrich Mueller
2015-09-02 15:34 ` Richard Stallman
2015-09-02 15:56 ` Drew Adams
2015-09-02 16:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-09-02 21:51 ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2015-09-02 22:15 ` Drew Adams
2015-09-03 15:37 ` Richard Stallman
2015-09-03 2:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-09-03 3:08 ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2015-09-03 7:28 ` Artur Malabarba
2015-09-03 17:15 ` Drew Adams
2015-09-07 13:52 ` Nix
2015-09-07 17:07 ` Drew Adams
2015-09-07 23:23 ` Nix
2015-09-08 2:17 ` Richard Stallman
2015-09-03 14:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-09-03 15:00 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-09-03 16:15 ` Drew Adams
2015-09-03 16:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-09-03 16:46 ` Drew Adams
2015-09-02 16:10 ` Artur Malabarba
2015-09-03 19:49 ` Pip Cet
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