Re: On language-dependent defaults for character-folding

[Richard Stallman]

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  > > Some plausible meanings are
  > > 
  > > * Find that one and only that one.
  > > * Treat it the same as specifying the base letter.
  > > 
  > > There should be a user option to choose between those two (and maybe
  > > some other behaviors for a non-base letter in the search string).

  > We already have both options, and in particular, if a non-base letter
  > appears explicitly in the search string, it will be searched
  > literally, similarly to what we do with case-insensitive search.

Some users want that.  Some, it appears, want searching for any letter
in the group to find any letter in the group.  So I am suggesting we
offer both behaviors.

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