[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #17926: Wordpress replacing single quotes, dashes, and other basic characters with extended search-unfriendly ones

[WordPress Trac]

#17926: Wordpress replacing single quotes, dashes, and other basic characters with
extended search-unfriendly ones
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 Reporter:  archon810     |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:
Component:  General       |     Version:
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:  wontfix
 Keywords:                |
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Comment (by archon810):

 Appreciate the solution, but what exactly is the benefit of mutating
 perfectly fine characters to different ones? If Wordpress wants to replace
 them with HTML entities, can it not do that using direct translations,
 rather than these special Word-like enhanced ones?

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