Eli, perhaps I have found another problem with 'bidi-display-reordering' :( To reproduce: $ emacs -Q & Then in the Scratch buffer: (setq-default bidi-display-reordering t) and C-M-x Now: C-f C-x test_wheel.txt (the attached file, which contains 6 long lines). Go to the end of the file: C-End Now, when one tries to scroll upward the file moving _slowly_ the mouse wheel, it seems to 'bounce', i.e. it 'returns' a little back. Only persevering, the scrolling continues. Also selecting text with mouse-1 pressed seems not simple. May you reproduce the above? Without setting 'bidi-display-reordering' seems to work better. Ciao, Angelo.