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Re: alphabets resp. locales
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Peter Dyballa |
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Re: alphabets resp. locales |
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Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:52:44 +0200 |
Am 11.08.2010 um 15:48 schrieb Andreas Röhler:
I'm sure Emacs has already an instance of it, as [[:alpha:]] is
working.
As I mentioned: this test or set has nothing to do with an "alphabet"
of a natural, spoken and/or written, language. The alphabetic
characters are no digits and not graphic and neither control
characters and can be converted to either lowers or uppers, i.e., an
upper and a lower case exist. In other words: they are word
components. Words don't contain digits, $, &, etc. Dotless i and j,
German ß, as just a few modern examples from the Latin based scripts,
are a bit problematic (only one case). All alphabetic characters
delimit the word from inside the word, non-alphabetic characters embed
the words into a sentence or part of a sentence (in case the speaker
suddenly dies or is interrupted).
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Mit friedvollen Grüßen
Pete
Es geht nix über eine elektrische Klobürste!
Re: alphabets resp. locales, Kevin Rodgers, 2010/08/12