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


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: arrow keys vs. C-f/b/n/p
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 20:20:38 +0300

> From: Lennart Borgman <address@hidden>
> Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 17:28:37 +0200
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>, address@hidden
> 
> On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Kenichi Handa <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> >> > many people misunderstood that even latin letters are written from
> >> > right to left in a paragraph (or a buffer) of "r2l direction".
> >
> >> ??? Latin text is always displayed left to right, independent of the
> >> paragraph direction.  More generally, text direction is independent of
> >> the paragraph direction.
> >
> > Of course I know that.  But, I remember I got several
> > questions why they are so.
> 
> 
> I do not understand what you mean with "even latin letters are written
> from right to left".

I guess Handa-san means to say that some people somehow got confused
to think that Latin text is displayed right to left in a R2L
paragraph, because they thought (incorrectly) that paragraph direction
overrides the normal text direction.




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