Re: case conversion for European characters, help!

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From: Barry Margolin
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1987 15:59

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In article <6817@dartvax.UUCP> earleh@dartvax.UUCP (Earle R. Horton) writes:
>Will the correctness of said functions vary with country?

Yes, at least for French.  In France, lowercase letters lose their
accents when they are converted to uppercase.  In Canada they keep
them.

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Barry Margolin
Thinking Machines Corp.

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Subject: Re: case conversion for European characters, help!
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Date: Wed, 5-Aug-87 11:59:29 EDT
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