Re: bidi and shaping problems in describe-input-method

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Kenichi Handa <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden
> Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2012 08:48:35 +0900
> 
> If possible, I'd like to avoid inserting LRM unconditionally.

Why?  They are invisible, so they are not displayed at all.

> Is it possible to have this kind of function?
> 
> (defun quail-help-require-LRM (char)
>    (or (eq (get-char-code-property char 'bidi-class) 'L)
>        ...))

It's possible, but why bother?  And with this function you will insert
the LRM for many characters that don't need that, like punctuation,
numbers, etc.

Also, `lower' and `upper' could be strings, in which case you need a
more complex test.