GNU bug report logs - #42064
28.0.50; German "Sharp S" is capitalized inconsistenly

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Philip K." <philip <at> warpmail.net>

Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2020 18:46:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug, wontfix

Found in version 28.0.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 42064 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: "Philip K." <philip <at> warpmail.net>
Cc: 42064 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#42064: 28.0.50; German "Sharp S" is capitalized inconsistenly
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2020 22:36:02 +0300

> From: "Philip K." <philip <at> warpmail.net>
> Cc: 42064 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2020 21:08:55 +0200
> 
> > In 2016, the Council for German Orthography proposed the introduction
> > of optional use of ẞ in its ruleset (i.e. variants STRASSE vs. STRAẞE
> > would be accepted as equally valid).[19] The rule was officially
> > adopted in 2017.[20]
> 
> [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9F#Capital_form

I know, but German input methods are not only for Germany, and AFAIR
other German-speaking countries didn't follow suit.
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