From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#36171: 25.1; Emacs displays Hebrew text incorrectly Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 06:32:06 +0300 Message-ID: <834l4u88jt.fsf@gnu.org> References: <48bfd53c-4be2-836c-354f-92614e650661@mweb.co.za> <8336kg9jc1.fsf@gnu.org> <83ef3y93hw.fsf@gnu.org> <757e4990-455b-47f7-4461-5d72cc2ec368@mweb.co.za> <838su68wt4.fsf@gnu.org> Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="159921"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: 36171@debbugs.gnu.org To: Raoul Comninos Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 13 05:33:44 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hbGUi-000fUW-3t for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Jun 2019 05:33:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36738 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hbGUg-0001RE-Jn for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Jun 2019 23:33:42 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:55824) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hbGU7-0001QV-FL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Jun 2019 23:33:16 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hbGU3-0008R1-7f for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Jun 2019 23:33:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:49022) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hbGU2-0008MX-F7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Jun 2019 23:33:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hbGU2-0004jN-AQ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Jun 2019 23:33:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 03:33:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 36171 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 36171-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B36171.156039673818121 (code B ref 36171); Thu, 13 Jun 2019 03:33:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 36171) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 Jun 2019 03:32:18 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34333 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hbGTK-0004iD-4K for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 12 Jun 2019 23:32:18 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:46941) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hbGTH-0004hx-Hu for 36171@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 12 Jun 2019 23:32:16 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:52082) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hbGT9-0007eU-Hx; Wed, 12 Jun 2019 23:32:08 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=3996 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1hbGT9-0005eO-2Z; Wed, 12 Jun 2019 23:32:07 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Raoul Comninos on Wed, 12 Jun 2019 21:27:10 +0200) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:160476 Archived-At: > Cc: 36171@debbugs.gnu.org > From: Raoul Comninos > Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 21:27:10 +0200 > > To be clear, the problem seems to be with how Emacs reads > these particular documents. If I type the Hebrew myself directly into > Emacs there are no problems with the display. These documents were > originally created in other word processors: Word, Nota Bene , and > Google Docs. They were converted then to plain text (utf-8) which is the > format they are now in: plain text. I wasn't aware that the problem disappears if you type Hebrew, and appears only with these documents. If so, can you send one such document as an attachment? Am I to understand that if you type the same exact text into Emacs, there's no problem with the display? If so, the reason must be in the documents themselves: something in how the text is laid out there causes this. Being able to look at such a document is therefore important for investigating this issue. > I am currently trying the latest Emacs from git. I have also installed > gir1.2-harfbuzz-0.0. Is that the correct program? Emacs needs HarfBuzz the library, not the program. What does the following produce inside the latest Emacs you built from Git: M-: (frame-parameter nil 'font-backend) RET