From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Evan Aad Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: What do the "bidi-paragraph-start-re" and "bidi-paragraph-separate-re" do? Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2022 15:03:45 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87r0yforx5.fsf@dataswamp.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="37324"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 07 14:05:02 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1os1oD-0009Px-8A for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2022 14:05:01 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1os1nV-0005xy-RE; Mon, 07 Nov 2022 08:04:17 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1os1nH-0005p1-N8 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2022 08:04:05 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-yb1-xb2a.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::b2a]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1os1nD-0006cX-Os for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2022 08:04:01 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-yb1-xb2a.google.com with SMTP id 129so13454123ybb.12 for ; Mon, 07 Nov 2022 05:03:58 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=yQdpIEd6cqq/6T449Ze1aduhL7/XhtWK1atgIJI66j8=; b=Ed4cu5ZEd2Dsm/d0K6rG7iXUmyuukcOcSj/EdgvPtfS3KTZeh+Yg4KPKugZeeZsC2T eBJ+kJe9xLbC78VLbAUVZ2fdiNa1a6xbq063Zh46zuTPN1nPJ+zCJ+wYr41WDcnSDMn+ Vtz3i9q5H2SvWHbVeMODAIXSYpfMcwIg/8kmE1J6BFAZ57wLYYxg7BKl935GiV2qmUmI +k/Kd57dWyLYhwZbLpiw2R811a1tz8WcHK9m8ylvtZ802So9tqvI1geTMMOLfDEgcWzJ u/bYMkUVlsbnQ2IUdVGxUJzO/Vkht2TF4Td9+qoR+zEg14uzdla/gd6sruJv4MB218PP WVGw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=yQdpIEd6cqq/6T449Ze1aduhL7/XhtWK1atgIJI66j8=; b=y36VkyxrkMfC/kyiMyp1s31mcWNEl/9RIV3MzONV+qtDBO+NHF5NFtK5TkAiCVfNR8 i+nJ1qGcrDwn3VPQIAAQu82Dhd28AH1YB5pJ1me1AaFzzKWH34FCJ0TrPLxBdcl33fhc lhJ9XAbUk+7LHEA0+r4Sd11pHaQuKnDSw3jiPIj8C1dgyGm4DkfJuYcBPTmszafB/+Ud qn3kaPHW02hrtsWHbGxQ51+ABQpxWZld/P071YUXAf9LQ4x8iI5uCcB60WMPKW8MNgce DCuyd4vGWSCKoDy34pl5slF+8gb0fP5u5DZ8J9HrrYyfZfzuBiMJHozWBbItoyGSBKb8 5Xyw== X-Gm-Message-State: ACrzQf0LNHBC8C43m+cXptx3URJCFUjsndyfvwlkVzntuA/5m7UYM4vC jlBWkJFNyOh8HmbbcIbDpx+rt1SHRF5qQYQbzEoQwzaFYF87YA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AMsMyM7RapkXqWFEtS9tzGTjxvCexig0woQZrOO8lNOss4Ndv36aXcRyRcLS/OkXLXe+dOViCcuEC0XvSXfbT5HzuB4= X-Received: by 2002:a5b:241:0:b0:6b0:90e:1d4d with SMTP id g1-20020a5b0241000000b006b0090e1d4dmr49021375ybp.648.1667826236694; Mon, 07 Nov 2022 05:03:56 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87r0yforx5.fsf@dataswamp.org> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2607:f8b0:4864:20::b2a; envelope-from=oddeveneven@gmail.com; helo=mail-yb1-xb2a.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:140783 Archived-At: Thanks. But what specifically do these lines accomplish? On Mon, Nov 7, 2022 at 2:52 PM Emanuel Berg wrote: > > Evan Aad wrote: > > > I have annotated most of the customizations in my .emacs > > file, but there are a few I haven't, and I no longer know > > what they do. I'd like to run them by you, please. > > > > The first couple of mysterious customizations are the > > following couple lines: > > > > (setq-default bidi-paragraph-start-re "^") > > (setq-default bidi-paragraph-separate-re "^") > > It's for so-called bidirectional text, I suppose in practice > Arabic, Farsi, and Hebrew, the way these guys write are just > all over the place :) > > -- > underground experts united > https://dataswamp.org/~incal > >