GNU bug report logs - #15984
24.3; Problem with combining characters in attachment filename

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: nisse <at> lysator.liu.se (Niels Möller)

Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 08:33:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.3

Fixed in version 24.4

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 15984 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, nisse <at> lysator.liu.se
Subject: bug#15984: 24.3; Problem with combining characters in attachment filename
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 17:27:04 +0200

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  15984 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 10:04:04 -0500
> 
> In any case, a first step would be to find a name for that notion of "multi
> character character".  "Grapheme cluster" doesn't sound too good if we
> want to expose the concept to the end user.

Why should we invent terminology where one already exists and is
widely accepted and used?  It sounds like waste of energy.  Explain
the term well enough, and users will have no difficulty.
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