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25.2; Emacs shows ZWNJ character (Zero Width non-Joiner) as Space

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From: handa <handa <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: b.riefenstahl <at> turtle-trading.net, nimawebgard <at> gmail.com, 28339 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#28339: 25.2; Emacs shows ZWNJ character (Zero Width non-Joiner) as Space
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 21:18:31 +0900

In article <83h8w0hwa7.fsf <at> gnu.org>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> I don't see this in Unicode, but maybe I'm missing something.

> Anyway, what would you suggest as a solution to this issue?  Should we
> install the arabic-font-shape-gstring function into Emacs?  Do we need
> to do something else in addition?  E.g., do we need to make the
> display of ZWNJ optional?

As I don't know what is the right thing, I'm asking here.

If users never ever want to put cursor on ZWNJ,
arabic-font-shape-gstring-ZWNJ-absorb is the solution.

If users want a thin space to be able to handle ZWNJ directly,
arabic-font-shape-gstring-ZWNJ-as-space is the solution.

If it depends on a situation or a user's prefernce, it is better to have
a user customizable variable to switch between them.

By the way, I've just tried arabic-shape.el on Windows, and found that
arabic-font-shape-gstring-ZWNJ-as-space worked, which means Windows text
laout backend on Windows (uniscribe?) also returns ZWNJ glyph.  And,
without arabic-font-shape-gstring-ZWNJ-as-space, I see a strange cursor
display.  Is it the "glitch" you mentioned?

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K. Handa
handa <at> gnu.org

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