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Re: File name completion on Mac OS X with German umlauts
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: File name completion on Mac OS X with German umlauts |
Date: |
Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:55:22 +0200 |
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> From: Nikolaj Schumacher <n_schumacher@web.de>
> Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:25:58 +0100
>
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>
> > It is only a ``problem'' if you accept the view that no two files in
> > the same directory can have names that are pronounced identically.
>
> No, it's not just that.
> Certainly, you could have files "X" and "Ⅹ" (the Roman numeral). Even
> if they look the same there is no problem (other than likely user
> confusion) in having both.
>
> However, the two types of "ü" are the same character, or at least
> functionally equivalent characters. They should be considered equal.
> But comparing them properly requires normalization
> (cf. http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr15/).
I know about normalization. What I'm saying is that there's no
problem, conceptually, to have several files having equivalent names.
In particular, I don't see why file names with "X" and "Ⅹ" are okay
for you, but the two types of "ü" are not. I think they are both
exhibiting the same problem.
- Re: File name completion on Mac OS X with German umlauts, (continued)
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- Re: File name completion on Mac OS X with German umlauts, Markus, 2008/03/11
- Re: File name completion on Mac OS X with German umlauts, Peter Dyballa, 2008/03/11
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- Re: File name completion on Mac OS X with German umlauts, Markus, 2008/03/16
- Re: File name completion on Mac OS X with German umlauts, Peter Dyballa, 2008/03/16
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- Re: File name completion on Mac OS X with German umlauts, Markus, 2008/03/09
- Re: File name completion on Mac OS X with German umlauts, Nikolaj Schumacher, 2008/03/12
- Re: File name completion on Mac OS X with German umlauts, Eli Zaretskii, 2008/03/12
- Re: File name completion on Mac OS X with German umlauts, Nikolaj Schumacher, 2008/03/12
- Re: File name completion on Mac OS X with German umlauts,
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- Re: File name completion on Mac OS X with German umlauts, Juanma Barranquero, 2008/03/12
- Re: File name completion on Mac OS X with German umlauts, Eli Zaretskii, 2008/03/13
- Re: File name completion on Mac OS X with German umlauts, Juanma Barranquero, 2008/03/13
- Re: File name completion on Mac OS X with German umlauts, Nikolaj Schumacher, 2008/03/13
- Re: File name completion on Mac OS X with German umlauts, Juanma Barranquero, 2008/03/13
- Re: File name completion on Mac OS X with German umlauts, Juanma Barranquero, 2008/03/13
Re: File name completion on Mac OS X with German umlauts, Eli Zaretskii, 2008/03/13
Re: File name completion on Mac OS X with German umlauts, Juanma Barranquero, 2008/03/13
Message not availableRe: File name completion on Mac OS X with German umlauts, Markus, 2008/03/13
Re: File name completion on Mac OS X with German umlauts, Peter Dyballa, 2008/03/13