Re: character sets as they relate to “Raw” string literals for elisp

[Po Lu]

Daniel Brooks <db48x@db48x.net> writes:

>> Except that it will only work if you use a very recent Emacs.  People
>> are still using Emacs 24 out there, and many are using Emacs 26, which
>> supports Unicode 11.0 (the latest version is 14.0).
>>
>> And that's before we even begin to think about people who use other
>> programs to look at our files.
>
> I’m afraid that this is not very convincing, for it means that we can
> never move an inch.

I personally know a dozen or so people who are still running Emacs 26,
and a few others who use whatever Debian ships, which is typically 25 or
something to that effect.

Thanks.