GNU bug report logs - #17130
24.4.50; Deficient Unicode case folding

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Reported by: Nathan Trapuzzano <nbtrap <at> nbtrap.com>

Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 12:08:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 24.4.50

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Nathan Trapuzzano <nbtrap <at> nbtrap.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 17130 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17130: 24.4.50; Deficient Unicode case folding
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 14:36:42 -0400

Nathan Trapuzzano <nbtrap <at> nbtrap.com> writes:

> Rightly interpreted, therefore, case _conversion_ (such as in
> case-preserving replace) and case-insensitive _searching_ (i.e. case
> folding), according to Unicode, are orthogonal.  We don't have to
> address both at the same time.

Er, let me rephrase.  Case _conversion_ (such as in case-preserving
replace) and case _folding_ (such as ought be used in case-insensitive
searching) are orthogonal.
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