From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Yuri Khan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Upcoming loss of usability of Emacs source files and Emacs. Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2015 15:02:13 +0600 Message-ID: References: <20150615142237.GA3517@acm.fritz.box> <83lhfkoqww.fsf@gnu.org> <55811ED0.80304@dancol.org> <878ubioimj.fsf@gnu.org> <20150617084001.GA3338@acm.fritz.box> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1434531784 29750 80.91.229.3 (17 Jun 2015 09:03:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2015 09:03:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Eli Zaretskii , Daniel Colascione , Emacs developers To: Alan Mackenzie Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 17 11:03:03 2015 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 1Z59FJ-0005iF-9C for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 17 Jun 2015 11:02:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45287 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z59FI-0001TA-H5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 17 Jun 2015 05:02:56 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47073) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z59F5-0001T0-7S for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Jun 2015 05:02:43 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z59Ez-0004T9-7W for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Jun 2015 05:02:43 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-lb0-x234.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c04::234]:36198) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z59Ex-0004Rj-MY; Wed, 17 Jun 2015 05:02:35 -0400 Original-Received: by lbbqq2 with SMTP id qq2so26950259lbb.3; Wed, 17 Jun 2015 02:02:34 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=0/jwlPzQjHz78tX3xWxpcgpL93qSs16j0oAoc8FZxuY=; b=WjcDLAjOhIyCqmoDHJIFNruSyRudQ7cwvesdItBtBMk1W6F/IbVF1gSRSlDCU2UHxr y4fGX77oXogFHhIts1r3B/+qdLeE2E+yAHIMGhXVx15ETnl8VIkr8fAd6NtPnPpam5cP epypS5VmOfjb0eEzy4vsGzICtlv3zl5mmPY3yL26LupWVT5OzlKveCFp5RQdQPGe/flU Qg04DR3PTN2DegGnojKMcDudoXvrMC5NIYnWGcaei9pGMKhvMm9ujC9ne7GQ0BULQ9G0 xt44se/NjhIwkDKAUZvH32DVQjV9trKG6xgZ1ooxK9pVkfiADrkt5QZAPVATA3mTM+W2 EdZg== X-Received: by 10.112.41.196 with SMTP id h4mr6731947lbl.36.1434531754714; Wed, 17 Jun 2015 02:02:34 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.25.43.65 with HTTP; Wed, 17 Jun 2015 02:02:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20150617084001.GA3338@acm.fritz.box> X-Google-Sender-Auth: oCEVT6gS0niNQVS7sWPfQ9bJpDA X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:4010:c04::234 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:187238 Archived-At: On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 2:40 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: >> > Can we make " match fancy quotes in isearch? > > Indeed. With such a change to isearch, Emacs takes one more step from > being a sharp tool to being a blunt instrument. > > Don't forget that Emacs is used for things other than developing Elisp > programs. Such an identification of disparate characters is not going > to be universally welcome, and will cause confusion. Emacs already has a facility for ignoring distinctions between disparate characters. It=E2=80=99s called case-insensitive search, and is governed by a customizable global option and a toggleable local option in isearch.