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

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Package: emacs;

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>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 17130 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Nathan Trapuzzano <nbtrap <at> nbtrap.com>
Cc: 17130 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#17130: 24.4.50; Deficient Unicode case folding
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 18:51:49 +0300

> From: Nathan Trapuzzano <nbtrap <at> nbtrap.com>
> Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 08:07:20 -0400
> 
> M-: (compare-strings "σ" nil nil "ς" nil nil t)
> 
> ==> -1  ;; should be t

No, because these characters are not a case pair.

> Can someone that knows a thing about Unicode and emacs case tables speak
> to whether the latter could suffice for implementing full Unicode case
> folding?

What is "full Unicode case folding"?
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