Re: Uppercase character predicate

Stephen Berman <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.emacs.help
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Fri, 14 Aug 2026 09:16:44 -0400 Maximilian Cook <[email protected]> wrote:

>> Why doesn't MATHEMATICAL FRAKTUR SMALL A (#x1d51e) fit that bill?
>>
>> (get-char-code-property #x1d504 'general-category) => Lu
>> (get-char-code-property #x1d51e 'general-category) => Ll
>
> I can't answer the question as to why MATHEMATICAL FRAKTUR SMALL A
> (#x1d51e) specifically does not map to #x1d504, but I've noticed that
> macOS does not link #x1d51e and #x1d504 together either (nor does some
> random case-converting website I tried), so the issue doesn't seem to be
> on Emacs's end.
>
> My best guess is that, since they are mathematical display letters, case
> conversion would cause issues.

I wonder what issues that could be.  But your guess seems plausible: the
same goes e.g. for MATHEMATICAL SCRIPT CAPITAL A (#x1d49c) and
MATHEMATICAL SCRIPT SMALL A (#x1d4b6).

Steve Berman
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