[Emacs-bug-tracker] bug#6472: closed (bidi: bar cursor in rtl text on wrong side of current char.)

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regarding bidi: bar cursor in rtl text on wrong side of current char.
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> bidi: bar cursor in rtl text on wrong side of current char.
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> Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:14:53 +0100
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> I use [1] to use a bar cursor in emacs.
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> I think the bar cursor is on the wrong side in rtl spans, to the left of 
> the rtl character the point is "on" rather than the right, so it doesn't 
> correspond to the insertion location of the next rtl character typed.
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> (setq default-cursor-type '(bar . 2))
> (defadvice overwrite-mode (after overwrite-mode)
>   (if overwrite-mode
>       (setq cursor-type 'box)
>     (setq cursor-type '(bar . 2))))
> (ad-activate 'overwrite-mode)
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> Re: bug#6472: bidi: bar cursor in rtl text on wrong side of	current	char.
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> Sat, 27 Nov 2010 13:54:59 +0200
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> > Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 18:21:57 +0300
> > From: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>
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> > > Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:14:53 +0100
> > > From: David De La Harpe Golden <address@hidden>
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> > > I use [1] to use a bar cursor in emacs.
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> > > I think the bar cursor is on the wrong side in rtl spans, to the left of 
> > > the rtl character the point is "on" rather than the right, so it doesn't 
> > > correspond to the insertion location of the next rtl character typed.
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> > You are right.  I added this to my todo.  Volunteers are welcome to
> > beat me to it; the resolved bidi type and level of each character is
> > already available in the glyph structure.
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> Fixed in revno 101129 (in August, but it seems I forgot to close the
> bug).
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