bug#30513: Unicode Character Name is misspelled (MATHEMATICAL ITALIC SMALL LAMDA)

[Marcin Borkowski]

On 2018-02-18, at 20:49, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:

>> >> +                (if (and (not old-name) new-name (string-match
>> "LAMDA" new-name))
>> >> +                    (puthash (replace-match "LAMBDA" t t new-name) c
>> names))
>> >
>> > Won't this make ucs-names even larger and more redundant?
>>
>> It will make ucs-names slightly larger and more redundant.  I think the
>> trade-off is worth it.  To give precise numbers, it adds 12 entries for
>> a total of 42857, which is 0.029%.
>
> I would not make the point that this adds too many chars
> for `ucs-names' or for `C-x 8 RET'.
>
> I would make the point that we should not be inventing
> character names and then associating such inventions with
> what has heretofore been a pretty faithful reflection of
> the Unicode standard.

How about this one?

︘
PRESENTATION FORM FOR VERTICAL RIGHT WHITE LENTICULAR BRAKCET
                                                         ^^

And what about this one?  Press C-x 8 RET MATHEMATICAL ITALIC SMALL TAB
and try to answer the puzzle: where has the "MATHEMATICAL ITALIC SMALL H"
gone?

(The answer, rot'd-13 so that I don't spoil it for Unicode wannabe
detectives;-): CYNAPX PBAFGNAG, U+210E.)

IOW, I would argue that _some_ kind of system to help the user overcome
the inherent Unicode problems might be a good idea.

Best,

--
Marcin Borkowski