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

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: rms <at> gnu.org
Cc: 9571 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, drew.adams <at> oracle.com
Subject: bug#9571: 24.0.50; user option to turn off bidi, please
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:40:37 +0300

> Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:31:41 -0400
> From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
> CC: drew.adams <at> oracle.com, 9571 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
>     Bidi display does not change the characters on display or in the
>     buffer in any way.  So it will neither help nor prevent you to figure
>     out what's in the text.
> 
> 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.

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