GNU bug report logs - #13041
24.2; diacritic-fold-search

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: perin <at> acm.org

Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 18:31:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 24.2

Fixed in version 25.1

Done: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #218 received at 13041 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
Cc: perin <at> acm.org, 13041 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, perin <at> panix.com,
	Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: Re: bug#13041: 24.2; diacritic-fold-search
Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2012 12:35:59 +0100

On Sun, 09 Dec 2012 02:35:46 +0200 Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org> wrote:

>>> i.e. "suf" doesn't match "suffer", only "suff" should match it.
>>
>> I completely disagree here.  "suf" should match "suffer".
>
> AFAIS, there are more programs that find a partial match,
> but neither of them can do the right highlighting:
> both possibilities (to highlight the whole ligature and not to highlight)
> are wrong, and highlighting a part of the ligature is impossible.

Could a ligature be highlighted in a different way (different color or
additional attribute such as underlining) to indicate a partial or
potential match?

Steve Berman
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