Re: arrow keys vs. C-f/b/n/p

[Uday S Reddy]

Dear Eli, Thank you for a very clear post.  The crux of the matter seems to be 
contained the following two paragraphs:

> This is the reason why the<right>  arrow key moves like C-f in a L2R
> paragraph, and why the<left>  arrow key moves like C-f in a R2L
> paragraph.  (And similarly with C-b.)  It is so that Emacs behaves as
> expected in a purely R2L paragraph containing only R2L text.  Any
> other operation would be confusingly counter-intuitive: the<right>
> key would actually move cursor _to_the_left_!
>
> Again, we are talking _only_ about _logical-order_movement_!

So, you are saying that the <right> key moves right the majority of time, 
flipping direction only for the embedded text that switches direction.  When it 
switches direction for the embedded text, the <right> key would move left, 
"confusingly counter-intuitively" in your words!

The purist in me wants to say that the <right> key should always move right, 
but I think I can live with this compromise if it is known to be acceptable and 
useful to the bidirectional users.

Cheers,
Uday