Re: Apropos emacs-intl-fonts & https://wiki.debian.org/DebianHebrew

[Jambunathan K]

Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

>> Is there a Bidirectional mode (think Whitespace mode) whereby I can get
>> a visual feedback on the markers used in the text?
>
> Not sure what you mean.  The bidirectional control characters by
> default are visible (as thin spaces)

These thin spaces are not visible (unless you expect them to be there
and move the cursor over them).  In the example that you cited, there
are two RLM markers that become prominent only after I install the
customization down below.

> Alternatively, you can customize glyphless-char-display-control to
> display these characters as boxes with the Unicode codepoint spelled
> out inside.

This helps.

    (custom-set-variables
     '(glyphless-char-display-control
       (quote ((format-control . acronym)
               (no-font . hex-code)))))