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bug#56401: "Case folding" should be called "ignore case"
From: |
Visuwesh |
Subject: |
bug#56401: "Case folding" should be called "ignore case" |
Date: |
Tue, 05 Jul 2022 22:47:32 +0530 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
[செவ்வாய் ஜூலை 05, 2022] Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:
> Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se> writes:
>
>> The "case fold" terminology is too technical and not very user-friendly.
>> In other software, in most user-facing contexts, it is called "ignore
>> case".
>>
>> Please consider renaming all variables, commands, and documentation to
>> refer to "ignore case" instead of "case folding".
>
> I agree that "ignore case" would be better, but it somehow seems like
> most people don't have much problem with the "case folding" terminology?
I find the term really hard to remember too. I wonder if we can define
an apropos alias for "case fold" in `apropos-synonyms' but I think that
only handles single words.