GNU bug report logs - #20316
24.5; `string-lessp' doesn't respect value of LC_COLLATE

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Alexis <flexibeast <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 05:23:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.5

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

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From: Alexis <flexibeast <at> gmail.com>
To: 20316 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#20316: 24.5; `string-lessp' doesn't respect value of LC_COLLATE
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 15:59:45 +1000

Alexis <flexibeast <at> gmail.com> writes:

> (getenv "LC_COLLATE") => "hr_HR.UTF-8"
>
> (string-lessp "Ć" "D") => nil (string-lessp "Đ" "S") => nil 
> (string-lessp "Š" "Z") => nil

i should add, this happens even with `set-locale-environment' 
specified as 'hr_HR.UTF-8' and/or `set-language-environment' 
specified as 'Croatian'.
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