Hi all, Bastien <b...@gnu.org> writes:
[ ...] > > Also, there is no "backward-compatibility squad", only users who care > about what they like. I have been part in threads that discuss backward-compatibility. As it looks, there is the feeling that this ML is too(?) much concerned about backward-compatibility -- even in favour over new features or cleaner implementation (both of which the proposed emphasis change would be an example of, IIUC). In a way, I am happy that backward-compatibility is now a major concern. But on the other hand, it is not my intention to block enhancements. For the case at hand, I would happily type double letter emphasis, if that helps to get a clean implementation. If it even allows more features, that would be a benefit. My point of writing is this: If a change like this was going to happen, it would be very nice if a function was provided to change from the old style to the new style. This was (at least) once the case for a major backward incompatible change in babel and even if it did not work flawlessly it was a big help. I guess it would be easy for the lisp-guru who removes the regexp to turn it into such a function. But it would take quite some time for me to dig that regexp somewhen later and produce a working translation function from it... Anyway, as it looks this is probably hypothetical for this particular change. Regards, Andreas