From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: lax matching is not a great default behavior Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2015 09:29:27 +0100 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1448699402 19743 80.91.229.3 (28 Nov 2015 08:30:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2015 08:30:02 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 28 09:29:47 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 1a2at8-0006aR-Dw for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 28 Nov 2015 09:29:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59974 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a2atB-0007gs-Lb for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 28 Nov 2015 03:29:49 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60922) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a2at0-0007ge-5s for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Nov 2015 03:29:38 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a2asw-0000jp-Tj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Nov 2015 03:29:38 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.10]:46379) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a2asw-0000ic-N0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Nov 2015 03:29:34 -0500 Original-Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3p75bJ1Mqkz3hmlt; Sat, 28 Nov 2015 09:29:31 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.68]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3p75bH6YNyzvh1v; Sat, 28 Nov 2015 09:29:31 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.68]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id GOd0Q9Dp6SRX; Sat, 28 Nov 2015 09:29:30 +0100 (CET) X-Auth-Info: RUTURNYJO1HBEfrXaCMx5uh8toci88poySQ9e53iXqJXX69JRtP1HAL6s46wg/gJ Original-Received: from linux.local (ppp-88-217-8-170.dynamic.mnet-online.de [88.217.8.170]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Sat, 28 Nov 2015 09:29:30 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: by linux.local (Postfix, from userid 501) id C24BD1E538B; Sat, 28 Nov 2015 09:29:27 +0100 (CET) X-Yow: I want you to organize my PASTRY trays... my TEA-TINS are gleaming in formation like a ROW of DRUM MAJORETTES -- please don't be FURIOUS with me -- In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Fri, 27 Nov 2015 21:04:54 -0800 (PST)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 212.18.0.10 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:195439 Archived-At: Drew Adams writes: > I realize that this would change the longstanding practice > of having letter-case folding be default. I think that > choice made sense back when most programming languages and > OS's did not have a letter-case difference. But I don't > think it is the best choice for the default behavior now. Case folding makes a lot of sense when searching in plain text, as is the case in this sentence when searching for "case". Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."