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Re: case-table functions clobbering extra slots
From: |
Reiner Steib |
Subject: |
Re: case-table functions clobbering extra slots |
Date: |
Mon, 31 Jan 2005 15:31:06 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
On Sat, Jan 29 2005, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>>> Then there's the problem of ß in German, which I believe should
>>> upcase to SS.
Yes. But there are exceptions like personal names. See
<URL:http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scharfes_s> (or
<URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DF>) for more information.
>>> And SS in some (but not all?) cases should downcase into ß in
>>> German.
Down casing "SS" to "ß" is often wrong.
> The "ß" can basically always be written as "ss". Only purists will notice
> the difference.
This might be true for Switzerland and Liechtenstein, but certainly
not for Germany.
Bye, Reiner.
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- Re: case-table functions clobbering extra slots, (continued)
- Re: case-table functions clobbering extra slots, Richard Stallman, 2005/01/28
- Re: case-table functions clobbering extra slots, Kenichi Handa, 2005/01/31
- Re: case-table functions clobbering extra slots, Dave Love, 2005/01/28
- Re: case-table functions clobbering extra slots, Richard Stallman, 2005/01/29
- Re: case-table functions clobbering extra slots, Stefan Monnier, 2005/01/29
- Re: case-table functions clobbering extra slots, Richard Stallman, 2005/01/30
- Re: case-table functions clobbering extra slots,
Reiner Steib <=
- Re: case-table functions clobbering extra slots, Dave Love, 2005/01/30
- Re: case-table functions clobbering extra slots, Kenichi Handa, 2005/01/28
- Re: case-table functions clobbering extra slots, Richard Stallman, 2005/01/29
- Re: case-table functions clobbering extra slots, Dave Love, 2005/01/30
- Re: case-table functions clobbering extra slots, Kenichi Handa, 2005/01/30
- Re: case-table functions clobbering extra slots, Richard Stallman, 2005/01/26