GNU bug report logs - #9571
24.0.50; user option to turn off bidi, please

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 04:24:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Found in version 24.0.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #101 received at 9571 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 9571 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, drew.adams <at> oracle.com
Subject: Re: bug#9571: 24.0.50; user option to turn off bidi, please
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:44:31 -0400

    > If the reordering has confusing effects, turning off bidi display
    > would enable you to see clearly what the real order is in the buffer.

    As I said (following Stefan), find-file-literally has that effect.

It has a lot of other effects too, which are painful except when you
happen to want them.  That is no substitute for what I'm suggesting.

Why are you opposed to a flag to turn bidi display off?

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