Author: giorgian

Description:
Most European languages use letters which not present in the standard ASCII set.

it would be IHMO very useful allowing a more elastic search, that is:

• ae, oe, ue for ä, ö, ü; for instance, Goedel for Gödel;
• ss for ß; for instance, Grossmann for Großmann;
• a, e, i etc. for à, á, â, è, é, ê, ì, í, î etc; for instance, geologie (and

gèologie) for géologie;

• n for ñ; for instance, Bunuel for Buñuel;
• o (don't know if it's the best letter) for ø; for instance, Kobenhavn for

København;

• aa for å; for instance, Aahrus for Århus;
• C (or a better choice) for Č; for instance, Cesky for Česky;
• maybe others that I don't know.

this would be useful for a number of reasons:

1. most keyboard layouts lack some letters;
2. there is a long lasting tradition, among internet users, to avoid nonASCII

characters for compatibility, and, therefore, the habit to use "semplified"
versions;

some of the previous substitutions are officially accepted in printing

conventions: it's the case of the German ae, oe, ue, ss;

1. often somebody doesn't know the exact spelling for a world in a foreign language;
2. Google does it already! :P

Version: unspecified
Severity: enhancement