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25.1; Info: searching for ` does not find what looks like `

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>, 24510 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24510: 25.1; Info: searching for ` does not find what looks like `
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 20:15:32 +0200

Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net> writes:

> It's possible to enable char-fold search only in Info mode,
> but probably this should be left for user customization,
> because this problem is not Info-specific: most likely the user
> might want ` and ‘ to be treated equivalently pretty much everywhere.

My thorough research shows that 99.7% of Emacs users don't see a ‘
outside of *Help* and *info*, so doing something special there seems
useful.

> But still if the user want this only in Info, it's very easy to type
> C-s M-s ' `list.

That does more than just fold `' with ‘’, though.

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