On Mon, Nov 26 2007, Robert Widhopf-Fenk wrote: > On Monday, November 26, 2007 at 22:33:40, Reiner Steib wrote: >> Wouldn't it be better to encode the strings in UTF-8 and compare >> thereafter? (encode-coding-string name 'utf-8)? > > Thanks this was exactly the hint I was looking for ;-)
Disclaimer: 100% untested. >> > +(defun bbdb-name-normalize (n) >> > + "Normalizes a name, i.e. downcase and unibyte converion." >> > + (when n >> > + (setq n (downcase n)) >> > + (if (functionp 'string-make-unibyte) >> > + (funcall 'string-make-unibyte n) >> > + n))) >> >> Using `name' instead of `name' would be more readable, IMHO. > > You mean in the doc string? Sorry, I meant... "Using `name' instead of `n'". Bye, Reiner. -- ,,, (o o) ---ooO-(_)-Ooo--- | PGP key available | http://rsteib.home.pages.de/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ bbdb-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bbdb-info BBDB Home Page: http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/