Re: bidi-display-reordering is now non-nil by default

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 08:27:21 +0200 (CEST)
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> From: Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org>
> 
> >> With bidi-dislay-reordering set to `nil', holding the the up or
> >> down cursor keys pressed causes a smooth scrolling, either forwards
> >> or backwards.  Setting it to `t', there is no smooth scrolling any
> >> more.  Instead, the cursor jumps, with large delays, to its final
> >> position.
> > 
> > If you set bidi-paragraph-direction to 'left-to-right in that
> > buffer, does the problem go away?
> 
> Yes.

Thanks.  So this is the solution for this buffer (and for any other
buffer whose paragraphs should always have the left-to-right base
direction, i.e. their lines should always start at the left margin of
the window).

As mew is not part of Emacs (I think), what would be the best way of
achieving this effect?  I'd prefer not to ask users to do that
manually, if that can be avoided.  Does this buffer have a fixed name
we can rely upon?

Chong, Stefan: how about having a (customizable) list of buffer names
which should by default have left-to-right paragraph direction?  Would
this be a reasonable solution?  We could add buffer names to this list
as we discover more such cases.