From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#9571: 24.0.50; user option to turn off bidi, please Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:31:41 -0400 Message-ID: References: <8362kjsjsk.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1316781165 26591 80.91.229.12 (23 Sep 2011 12:32:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:32:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 9571@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 23 14:32:41 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R74vo-000475-K7 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:32:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60679 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R74vo-0003bl-4o for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:32:40 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:37963) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R74vl-0003bY-E8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:32:38 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R74vj-0007W7-SW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:32:37 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:45016) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R74vj-0007Vx-R5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:32:35 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R74w9-0003kj-IA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:33:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Richard Stallman Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:33:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 9571 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: wontfix Original-Received: via spool by 9571-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B9571.131678113214357 (code B ref 9571); Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:33:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 9571) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 Sep 2011 12:32:12 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R74vL-0003jU-5T for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:32:11 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R74vI-0003jM-Ud for 9571@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:32:10 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R74ur-0002E8-SO; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:31:41 -0400 In-reply-to: <8362kjsjsk.fsf@gnu.org> (message from Eli Zaretskii on Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:13:47 +0300) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:33:01 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:51711 Archived-At: Bidi display does not change the characters on display or in the buffer in any way. So it will neither help nor prevent you to figure out what's in the text. If the reordering has confusing effects, turning off bidi display would enable you to see clearly what the real order is in the buffer. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation 51 Franklin St Boston MA 02110 USA www.fsf.org www.gnu.org Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. Use free telephony http://directory.fsf.org/category/tel/