GNU bug report logs - #44329
28.0.50; Crash in bidi_mirror_char on view-hello-file when no bidi-display-reordering (harfbuzz)

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Kevin Brubeck Unhammer <unhammer <at> fsfe.org>

Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2020 14:57:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: wontfix

Found in version 28.0.50

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #15 received at 44329-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Kevin Brubeck Unhammer <unhammer <at> fsfe.org>
Cc: 44329-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#44329: 28.0.50; Crash in bidi_mirror_char on view-hello-file
 when no bidi-display-reordering (harfbuzz)
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2020 16:04:53 +0000

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

> tags 44329 wontfix
> thanks
>
>> I'm seeing a crash in displaying hebrew characters when I have
>> bidi-display-reordering set to nil. I had to set it to t to be able to
>> write this email :)
>
> This isn't supported: that variable is not supposed to be set nil,
> except for debugging display problems.

The doc string of `bidi-display-reordering' says:

    Don’t set to nil in normal sessions, as that is not supported.

I believe this was added in Emacs 27.1.

I'm therefore also closing this bug report.
This bug report was last modified 4 years and 207 days ago.

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