Re: On language-dependent defaults for character-folding

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Richard Stallman <address@hidden>
> CC: address@hidden, address@hidden
> Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2016 10:32:22 -0500
> 
>   > > If ñ is meant to be read as ñ
> 
>   > Don't you see them displayed identically in Emacs (and in any other
>   > program that correctly implements display of combining accents)?
>   > Maybe I don't really understand that "if" part.
> 
> I am using Emacs on a Linux console.  I see them as two characters.
> The first is n, and the second displays as a diamond.

Your console doesn't combine them into one.

> I get the impression Emacs expects them to display as a single
> character, though, because it messes up cursor positioning.
> (Someone told me a variable to set to prevent that messing up,
> but I failed to set it in .emacs and I don't remember its name now.
> Does anyone recall?)

It's auto-composition-mode.

I asked Handa-san (CC'ed) earlier whether we should turn off
auto-composition-mode on a TTY, but didn't get any responses.  Maybe I
will have better luck now.