Moonbase;454026 Wrote: 
> ... I propose using a more general "wildcard" character instead, like
> "?" (for one unknown character) and "*" (for multiple unknown
> characters) — this is what we use with filesystems ever since. ...

I totally agree. Why should 'rückert' be seen as equivalent of
'ruckert'? Only because in English you don't use diacritics (some very
rare cases excluded) doesn't mean a character with a diacritic should be
treated as the same without diacritic in a search. Characters with
diacritic are different characters. An Ø is an Ø, not an O. (And it's
just a coincidence that Händel in German sounds the same as Handel in
English.)

And where would this stop? Should I be able to find Dvořák by
typing Dvorak?

Teus


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