GNU bug report logs - #23018
cursor barely visible when lying upon U+202A LEFT-TO-RIGHT EMBEDDING

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 23018-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#23018: cursor barely visible when lying upon U+202A LEFT-TO-RIGHT EMBEDDING
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2016 00:55:53 +0800

>>>>> "EZ" == Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

EZ> This is the intended behavior: this control character (and a few more)
EZ> are by default displayed as a thin (1-pixel) space.  You can customize
EZ> glyphless-char-display-control if you want a more prominent display.
EZ> You can also customize the glyphless-char face, if changing the color
EZ> makes the cursor more visible.

OK I guess showing it this way is good in that otherwise I would not
have noticed this undesired character in my filename!

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