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Re: [emacs-bidi] Mixed L2R and R2L paragraphs and horizontal scroll


From: tomas
Subject: Re: [emacs-bidi] Mixed L2R and R2L paragraphs and horizontal scroll
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 07:41:47 +0100
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On Fri, Feb 05, 2010 at 12:23:19AM +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

[...]

> > > Please note also that the keybindings C-x < and C-x > use mnemonics
> > > based on graphical direction.
> > 
> > ...which might be reversed under R2L affine keyboard layouts
> 
> That's system-dependent, AFAIU.  And having an R2L buffer current does
> not mean your keyboard is set to an R2L language, anyway.

Thanks for the insight :-)

My point was rather that one shouldn't take "mnemonicity" of keys for
granted. And then, what would the symbols "<" and ">" mean to a Hebrew
or Arabic writer anyway?

(Off on a tangent: this is another big difficulty internationalization
of Emacs will face: keybindings which make sense to an English speaking
american sitting in front of an US-Keyboard do sometimes make very
little sense on other keyboards (or worse: they are downright painful to
type)).

Regards
- -- tomás
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