GNU bug report logs - #22681
Shows right-to-left text characters in the wrong order

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Andrew Pennebaker <andrew.pennebaker <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 17:29:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo, wontfix

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

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bug#22681; Package emacs. (Mon, 15 Feb 2016 17:29:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Acknowledgement sent to Andrew Pennebaker <andrew.pennebaker <at> gmail.com>:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org. (Mon, 15 Feb 2016 17:29:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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From: Andrew Pennebaker <andrew.pennebaker <at> gmail.com>
To: Emacs Bugs <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Shows right-to-left text characters in the wrong order
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 11:27:52 -0600

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The Arabic word for dog is al-kalb (الكلب), but when I try to insert this
word into an otherwise left-to-right document, Emacs renders the characters
of al-kalb backwards, forming nonsense.

System:

$ specs emacs brew os
specs --version
0.21

emacs --version
GNU Emacs 24.5.1
Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
GNU Emacs comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
You may redistribute copies of Emacs
under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
For more information about these matters, see the file named COPYING.

brew --version
Homebrew 0.9.5 (git revision 1fc4; last commit 2016-02-09)

system_profiler SPSoftwareDataType | grep 'System Version'
    System Software Overview:
      System Version: OS X 10.11.3 (15D21)
      System Integrity Protection: Enabled

-- 
Cheers,
Andrew

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Information forwarded to bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org:
bug#22681; Package emacs. (Mon, 15 Feb 2016 18:24:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #8 received at 22681 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Andrew Pennebaker <andrew.pennebaker <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 22681 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22681: Shows right-to-left text characters in the wrong order
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 20:23:57 +0200

> Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 11:27:52 -0600
> From: Andrew Pennebaker <andrew.pennebaker <at> gmail.com>
> 
> The Arabic word for dog is al-kalb (الكلب), but when I try to insert this word into an otherwise left-to-right
> document, Emacs renders the characters of al-kalb backwards, forming nonsense.

Do you see the same with the Arabic and Hebrew greetings in the buffer
presented by the "C-h H" command?

Anyway, this sounds like something OS X specific, because on my system
(which is not OS X) the Arabic word you cited is displayed in its
correct visual order.
Information forwarded to bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org:
bug#22681; Package emacs. (Sat, 20 Feb 2016 05:57:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #11 received at 22681 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: John Wiegley <jwiegley <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Andrew Pennebaker <andrew.pennebaker <at> gmail.com>, 22681 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22681: Shows right-to-left text characters in the wrong order
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 21:55:23 -0800

>>>>> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> The Arabic word for dog is al-kalb (الكلب), but when I try to insert this
>> word into an otherwise left-to-right
>> document, Emacs renders the characters of al-kalb backwards, forming nonsense.

> Do you see the same with the Arabic and Hebrew greetings in the buffer
> presented by the "C-h H" command?

> Anyway, this sounds like something OS X specific, because on my system
> (which is not OS X) the Arabic word you cited is displayed in its correct
> visual order.

It displays here on OS X correctly.  Which font are you using?  What is the
buffer coding system?  How was Emacs built?

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John Wiegley                  GPG fingerprint = 4710 CF98 AF9B 327B B80F
http://newartisans.com                          60E1 46C4 BD1A 7AC1 4BA2
Added tag(s) moreinfo. Request was from Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Thu, 03 Mar 2016 06:05:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Added tag(s) wontfix. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Wed, 07 Dec 2016 19:44:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Reply sent to Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>:
You have taken responsibility. (Wed, 07 Dec 2016 19:44:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Notification sent to Andrew Pennebaker <andrew.pennebaker <at> gmail.com>:
bug acknowledged by developer. (Wed, 07 Dec 2016 19:44:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #20 received at 22681-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 22681-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22681: Shows right-to-left text characters in the wrong order
Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2016 14:43:05 -0500

John Wiegley wrote:

> It displays here on OS X correctly.  Which font are you using?  What is the
> buffer coding system?  How was Emacs built?

No response in 10 months, closing.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Thu, 05 Jan 2017 12:24:15 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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