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Sorting order of read-char-by-name

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 46240 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#46240: Sorting order of read-char-by-name
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2021 16:38:23 +0100

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

> For example, in 'C-x 8 RET SUPER TAB' the character SUPERHERO
> from the Unicode block 'Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs'
> currently is displayed at the beginning of the long list of
> SUPERSCRIPT characters from the block 'Superscripts and Subscripts',
> but its counterpart character SUPERVILLAIN is displayed
> at the end of the long list of SUPERSCRIPT characters.
>
> Whereas while sorting them by their codepoints, characters
> of the same Unicode block come together:
>
> 🦸	SUPERHERO
> 🦹	SUPERVILLAIN

Oh, I see.  Yes, in that case sorting the English character names is,
indeed, not very optimal.

Hm...

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