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Re: bidi-display-reordering is now non-nil by default
From: |
Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
Re: bidi-display-reordering is now non-nil by default |
Date: |
Wed, 10 Aug 2011 09:20:34 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
>> Also, while I'm here. I re-suggest to change the default of
>> bidi-paragraph-direction to left-to-right, since I think that preserves
>> backward compatibility a lot better.
> You never explained what backward compatibility is alluded to here.
Emacs has done only ever left-to-right until now. So if we use
right-to-left where left-to-right was needed, it's a regression, whereas
if we use left-to-right where right-to-left was needed it's not.
> Anyway, that suggestion was not forgotten, I just want to wait with it
> a bit more, to see if any additional problems are spotted with the
> dynamic paragraph direction.
OK.
>> We can set it to nil in the major modes where we know it can be
>> useful, such as text-mode.
> What other modes will need this?
No idea.
> Also, do we care about the case that the user sets the default value
> to nil?
Not really, but I think it's good to keep the current explicit settings
to `left-to-right' in things like prog-mode. It's also OK to add such
settings even if the default is already left-to-right.
Stefan
- Re: bidi-display-reordering is now non-nil by default, (continued)
- Re: bidi-display-reordering is now non-nil by default, Chong Yidong, 2011/08/09
- Re: bidi-display-reordering is now non-nil by default, Stefan Monnier, 2011/08/09
- Re: bidi-display-reordering is now non-nil by default, David Kastrup, 2011/08/09
- Re: bidi-display-reordering is now non-nil by default, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/08/10
- Re: bidi-display-reordering is now non-nil by default, Chong Yidong, 2011/08/10
- Re: bidi-display-reordering is now non-nil by default, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/08/10
- Re: bidi-display-reordering is now non-nil by default, Chong Yidong, 2011/08/10
- Re: bidi-display-reordering is now non-nil by default, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/08/10
- Re: bidi-display-reordering is now non-nil by default, Mohsen BANAN, 2011/08/10
- Re: bidi-display-reordering is now non-nil by default, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/08/09
- Re: bidi-display-reordering is now non-nil by default,
Stefan Monnier <=
- Re: bidi-display-reordering is now non-nil by default, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/08/10
- Re: bidi-display-reordering is now non-nil by default, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/08/09
- Re: bidi-display-reordering is now non-nil by default, David Kastrup, 2011/08/10
- Re: bidi-display-reordering is now non-nil by default, Stefan Monnier, 2011/08/10
- Re: bidi-display-reordering is now non-nil by default, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen, 2011/08/17
- Re: bidi-display-reordering is now non-nil by default, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen, 2011/08/17
- Re: bidi-display-reordering is now non-nil by default, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen, 2011/08/17
- Re: bidi-display-reordering is now non-nil by default, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/08/18
- Re: bidi-display-reordering is now non-nil by default, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/08/18
- Re: bidi-display-reordering is now non-nil by default, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen, 2011/08/06