> Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 07:19:39 -0500 > From: Gregg Reynolds <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > > > Ok, using the "Middle/Near East" line near the top of the display, C-f > seems to work properly; after the space following the colon it jumps to the > right-most Hebrew char, after which C-f steps to the left. > > The problem is that the char display of the Arabic is still left-to-right. > That is, C-f steps through the run RTL, but the reading order is still LTR > (i.e. like this: ALSLAM @LYLM; it should be MLY@ MALSLA)
What about the line below that, which begins with "Arabic"? Is it displayed correctly? Also, what if you disable reordering, like this: M-: (setq bidi-display-reordering nil) RET do the Arabic phrases look okay then? Finally, what if you create a totally new buffer, turn on reordering in it (the bidi-display-reordering setting is per buffer), and then start typing Arabic -- do you see correct display? You see, before bidirectional editing was added to Emacs, some of the phrases in HELLO were written in visual order. When I added bidirectional features, I reversed those phrases. But because I don't read Arabic, it could be that I didn't realize they didn't need to be reversed. In that case, the reordering code now converts them back into logical order, which would be consistent with what you describe. > I'm thinking more along the lines of a place to keep notes, comments, etc. > organized - stuff that may or may not be a bug, that may or may not merit > documentation, etc. Stuff tends to get lost in mailing lists. You can always "M-x report-emacs-bug RET", in which case it will never get lost. > Actually, I have a wiki so maybe the thing to do is keep my notes > there and submit items to this list as needed. Okay, but if problems are related to fonts etc., I suggest to post to [email protected] instead. There are people there who know much more than I do about fonts, and also you will find OSX users there who could help you with practical advice about your platform (to which I have no access at all). With bidi features being an integral part of mainline Emacs development, emacs-devel is entirely appropriate for discussing bidirectional features and problems. > (and please take the rhetorical outbursts with a grain of salt ;). Point taken. Will do. Thanks. _______________________________________________ emacs-bidi mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-bidi
