Re: On language-dependent defaults for character-folding

[John Wiegley]

>>>>> Joost Kremers <address@hidden> writes:

> On Thu, Feb 25 2016, Richard Stallman wrote:
>> If it happens that all languages agree about á, that won't be a problem.

> I doubt that's the case. Though I don't actually speak the language, I
> suspect that in Icelandic a and á are considered different letters. The
> former is pronounced [a], the latter [au̯]. Similar considerations apply to
> all the vowels e/é, i/í, o/ó, u/ú and y/ý.

I'd like to ask at this point that this discussion move to Emacs Tangents, as
it is not approaching anything in the way of a technical consensus.

Sub-threads addressing specific, concrete issues are welcome on this list; but
the general discussion happening here is only creating volume without result.

Thank you,
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