Re: non-ASCII characters in Automake source files

>>> "Paul" == Paul Eggert <eggert@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

[...]
 Paul> Autoconf imports lib/elisp-comp from Automake, and this file
 Paul> has a single non-ASCII character:

 Paul> lib/elisp-comp:3:# François Pinard <pinard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, 1995.
[...]

I've installed the following patch on HEAD and branch-1-7.  If
latin-1 characters in Automake sources ever turn out to cause
problems, I'd rather convert them to unicode as Bruno did in
Gettext.  I mean, come on, we are in 2003!  Let's go forward,
not backward.

2003-05-22  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@xxxxxxx>

        * automake.texi (maintainer-mode): s/François/Fran@,{c}ois/.
        * lib/elisp-comp: s/François/Franc,ois/.
        Suggested by Paul Eggert.

Index: automake.texi
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/automake/automake/automake.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.305.2.25
diff -u -r1.305.2.25 automake.texi
--- automake.texi       17 May 2003 11:47:05 -0000      1.305.2.25
+++ automake.texi       22 May 2003 20:18:02 -0000
@@ -5685,7 +5685,7 @@
 rules conditionally.  Some developers use this feature to disable
 rules that need exotic tools that users may not have available.
 
-Several years ago François Pinard pointed out several arguments
+Several years ago Fran@,{c}ois Pinard pointed out several arguments
 against @code{AM_MAINTAINER_MODE}.  Most of them relate to insecurity.
 By removing dependencies you get non-dependable builds: change to
 sources files can have no effect on generated files and this can be
@@ -5699,7 +5699,7 @@
 rebuild rules are disabled by @code{AM_MAINTAINER_MODE}).
 
 Jim Meyering, the inventor of the @code{AM_MAINTAINER_MODE} macro was
-swayed by François's arguments, and got rid of
+swayed by Fran@,{c}ois's arguments, and got rid of
 @code{AM_MAINTAINER_MODE} in all of his packages.
 
 Still many people continue to use @code{AM_MAINTAINER_MODE}, because
Index: lib/elisp-comp
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/automake/automake/lib/elisp-comp,v
retrieving revision 1.5.6.1
diff -u -r1.5.6.1 elisp-comp
--- lib/elisp-comp      10 Jan 2003 17:19:43 -0000      1.5.6.1
+++ lib/elisp-comp      22 May 2003 20:18:03 -0000
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Copyright (C) 1995, 2000, 2003  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-# François Pinard <pinard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, 1995.
+# Franc,ois Pinard <pinard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, 1995.
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

-- 
Alexandre Duret-Lutz