Re: Character folding in the pretest

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Teemu Likonen <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden, address@hidden
> Date: Sat, 06 Feb 2016 15:41:44 +0200
> 
> Eli Zaretskii [2016-02-03 18:16:25+02] wrote:
> 
> > From: Teemu Likonen <address@hidden>
> >> Here's mine: I don't want "a" and "ä" to be the same in searches, by
> >> default. In my language (Finnish) they are different letters and
> >> phonemes, for example: "tai" (= or) and "täi" (= a louse); "sakki" (=
> >> gang, crowd) and "säkki" (= a sack).
> >
> > Thank you.
> 
> Actually I take that back. I've been testing (and thinking) the
> character folding feature more and it's very unlikely that users will
> face problems with it in the Finnish language. It doesn't bother me if
> the feature is on by default.

Thanks again for sharing your views.

> A global switch (a dynamic variable) would be a good thing and I think
> it should override any locale or language based magic, if such magic is
> even necessary.

Not sure I understand: a global switch to do what?  If to turn
character folding on and off, then such a possibility already exists.