GNU bug report logs - #21140
25.0.50; Isearch "char-fold" by default

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Sebastien Vauban <sva-news <at> mygooglest.com>

Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 13:47:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.0.50

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #56 received at 21140 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: sva-news <at> mygooglest.com, bruce.connor.am <at> gmail.com, 21140 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#21140: 25.0.50; Isearch "char-fold" by default
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 01:51:41 +0300

> "Character folding" or simply "folding" is accepted terminology.  But
> "char-fold" is not, it's a confusing shorthand.  That's why I
> suggested "fold", which is accepted terminology and is short.

Alas, in Emacs the term “folding” is already taken and means
zooming in on outlines: (info "(emacs) Foldout")
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