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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Davis Herring <herring@lanl.gov>
Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, drew.adams@oracle.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: `C-b' is backward-char, `left' is left-char - why?
Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 10:39:14 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1QRQ6E-0008TS-9p@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4DE4F8D0.7010800@lanl.gov> (message from Davis Herring on Tue, 31 May 2011 08:18:56 -0600)

> Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 08:18:56 -0600
> From: Davis Herring <herring@lanl.gov>
> Cc: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
> ;; ...load .emacs
> (if (default-value 'bidi-display-reordering)
>     (global-set-key (kbd "<left>") 'left-char)
>   (global-set-key (kbd "<left>") 'backward-char))
> ;; ...and C-f, M-b, M-f, etc.
> 
> along the lines of the other "preference detection" code like that for
> unibyte.
> 
> I don't know if this is a good idea, but it does solve his problem
> without introducing `magic-backward/left-dwim-char' bound to C-b and <left>.

A "good solution", if it exists, should solve the problem of 2
different commands not only for Drew, but for users of bidi as well.
If the problems raised by Drew are serious, they cannot be solved only
for some users, and should certainly be solved in the default
configuration.



  reply	other threads:[~2011-05-31 14:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 66+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-05-27 20:40 `C-b' is backward-char, `left' is left-char - why? Drew Adams
2011-05-27 20:48 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2011-05-27 21:11   ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-05-27 22:08   ` Drew Adams
2011-05-28  0:19   ` Nix
2011-05-27 21:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-05-27 21:13   ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-05-27 22:08   ` Drew Adams
2011-05-27 22:23     ` Antoine Levitt
2011-05-27 23:19       ` Drew Adams
2011-05-28  0:46         ` Mohsen BANAN
2011-05-28  1:53           ` Drew Adams
2011-05-28  2:24             ` Mohsen BANAN
2011-05-28  8:00         ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-05-27 23:09     ` PJ Weisberg
2011-05-27 23:23       ` Drew Adams
2011-05-28  0:25         ` PJ Weisberg
2011-05-28  0:39           ` Drew Adams
2011-05-28  6:57             ` David Kastrup
2011-05-28  8:21     ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-05-28  0:48 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-05-28  1:54   ` Drew Adams
2011-05-28  7:07     ` David Kastrup
2011-05-28  8:26     ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-05-30  3:57     ` Stefan Monnier
2011-05-31 14:18       ` Davis Herring
2011-05-31 14:39         ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2011-06-01 11:48         ` Andy Moreton
2011-06-01 13:23           ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-06-01 23:26             ` Andy Moreton
2011-06-02  4:37               ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-06-02 10:38                 ` Andy Moreton
2011-06-02 11:12                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-06-02 12:59                     ` Andy Moreton
2011-06-02 15:09                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-06-02 16:23                         ` Andy Moreton
2011-06-02 17:43                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-06-02 21:42                             ` Andy Moreton
2011-06-03  7:01                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-06-02 17:09                         ` David Kastrup
2011-06-02 18:05                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-06-03 14:35                             ` David Kastrup
2011-06-03 15:08                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-06-03 15:14                                 ` David Kastrup
2011-06-03 16:48                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-06-03 20:56                                     ` David Kastrup
2011-06-04  6:28                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-06-05 16:51                                 ` Ehud Karni
2011-06-05 17:10                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-06-05 17:19                                     ` Ehud Karni
2011-06-05 17:26                                       ` David Kastrup
2011-06-05 17:44                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-06-05 18:26                                           ` David Kastrup
2011-06-05 19:22                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-06-07  8:51                                               ` David Kastrup
2011-06-07 10:54                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-06-02 15:35                       ` PJ Weisberg
2011-06-02 17:44                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-06-02 19:29                           ` PJ Weisberg
2011-06-02 21:10                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-06-03  0:47                   ` Kenichi Handa
2011-06-03  7:13                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-06-05 11:27                       ` Kenichi Handa
2011-06-05 13:04                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-06-02  7:23             ` David Kastrup
2011-06-02  8:59               ` Eli Zaretskii

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