From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: a strict visual cursor in r2l and l2r buffers Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 18:26:28 +0300 Message-ID: <834nchdjkr.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87fvwa5ayg.fsf_-_@mat.ucm.es> <83ip15lric.fsf@gnu.org> <87mwqglrty.fsf@mat.ucm.es> <831u7slqp2.fsf@gnu.org> <8738s8lije.fsf@mat.ucm.es> <83bo6pdo16.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1372519594 7772 80.91.229.3 (29 Jun 2013 15:26:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 15:26:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: oub@mat.ucm.es, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 29 17:26:34 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Usx2n-0005qS-1k for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Jun 2013 17:26:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49589 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Usx2m-00052L-IS for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Jun 2013 11:26:32 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51624) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Usx2j-000522-9f for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Jun 2013 11:26:31 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Usx2i-0001Kf-Ai for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Jun 2013 11:26:29 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout20.012.net.il ([80.179.55.166]:53649) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Usx2i-0001Kb-2u for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Jun 2013 11:26:28 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout20.012.net.il by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0MP500A00URKRO00@a-mtaout20.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Jun 2013 18:26:27 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0MP500A4SUW3N230@a-mtaout20.012.net.il>; Sat, 29 Jun 2013 18:26:27 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 X-Received-From: 80.179.55.166 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:161280 Archived-At: > From: Stefan Monnier > Cc: Uwe Brauer , emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 11:17:02 -0400 > > > me tell you that it will make absolutely no difference, except > > unearthing some exciting new bugs, as long as you edit strict > > left-to-right text > > Actually, it makes no difference in L2R-only paragraphs and in > R2L-only paragraphs. It only affects movement when you have mixed R2L > and L2R text in the same paragraph. That's true, but R2L-only paragraphs are very rare in real life, which is why the related scripts are called "bidirectional". Just type a digit or two, and see for yourself.