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Accent insensitive grep

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Message #8 received at 78439 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Avid Seeker <avidseeker <at> disroot.org>
Cc: 78439 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#78439: Accent insensitive grep
Date: Thu, 15 May 2025 09:19:14 -0700

On 2025-05-14 22:49, Avid Seeker via Bug reports for GNU grep wrote:

> are equivalence classes the
> right tool to approach this?

They're supposed to be, yes ...

> I see that they depend on LC_COLLATE, in
> which case it would be possible to setup a custom locale that matches
> digraphs.

... though you're venturing into uncharted territory here. Please let us 
know of any monsters you find.

> Is there a way to setup a locale without having to recompile glibc

Yes, use localedef.

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