GNU bug report logs - #32512
xref--read-identifier using etags backend should honor case-fold-search

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic <at> ludovic-brenta.org>

Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2018 16:12:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: moreinfo

Found in version 26.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic <at> ludovic-brenta.org>
To: 32512 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#32512: xref--read-identifier using etags backend should honor case-fold-search
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2018 12:35:08 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> Is the problem the inconsistency between (a) and (b), or is the
> problem that you _want_ xref-find-definition to be case-insensitive?
> If the former, perhaps we should instead make (a) fail as well?

Well the inconsistency is definitely a problem but additionally I want
to *control* whether or not case is sensitive in completions; preferably
using case-fold-search, if that is really the variable used for complete
matches.

Thanks for your reply.

--
Ludovic Brenta.
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