GNU bug report logs - #36717
25.3; greek.el: deprecated vowel+oxia combinations should be replaced with vowel+tonos counterparts

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Robert Alessi <alessi <at> robertalessi.net>

Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 13:39:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Found in version 25.3

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Robert Alessi <alessi <at> robertalessi.net>
Cc: rpluim <at> gmail.com, 36717 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#36717: 25.3; greek.el: deprecated vowel+oxia combinations should be replaced with vowel+tonos counterparts
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 15:52:43 +0300

> Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 11:42:26 +0200
> From: Robert Alessi <alessi <at> robertalessi.net>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 36717 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > OTOH Unicode seems to say that we should be using
> > the tonos variants anyway.
> 
> Is that to say that the oxia variants are actually not recommended by
> Unicode?

I don't think this matters for the issue at hand.  What variant is to
be used is entirely up to the user.  We should only be sure to allow
users to produce both variants.
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