From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#14575: 24.3.50.1; Overlays with a window property affect other windows Date: Sat, 08 Jun 2013 23:22:54 +0300 Message-ID: <83fvwss675.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83li6ksb8m.fsf@gnu.org> <83hah8s8il.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1370723040 25288 80.91.229.3 (8 Jun 2013 20:24:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2013 20:24:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 14575@debbugs.gnu.org To: E Sabof Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 08 22:24:00 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@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 1UlPg8-00060v-1b for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Jun 2013 22:24:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55072 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UlPg7-0001Cr-EM for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Jun 2013 16:23:59 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43729) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UlPg3-0001Cj-Rb for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Jun 2013 16:23:57 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UlPg2-0002Sk-UC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Jun 2013 16:23:55 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:42370) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UlPg2-0002Sg-RH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Jun 2013 16:23:54 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UlPgA-0007Eg-3S for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Jun 2013 16:24:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 08 Jun 2013 20:24:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 14575 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 14575-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B14575.137072301127749 (code B ref 14575); Sat, 08 Jun 2013 20:24:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 14575) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 Jun 2013 20:23:31 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58959 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UlPfe-0007DR-Nm for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 08 Jun 2013 16:23:31 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout23.012.net.il ([80.179.55.175]:57310) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UlPfb-0007D3-4j for 14575@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 08 Jun 2013 16:23:28 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout23.012.net.il by a-mtaout23.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0MO300000CF3EE00@a-mtaout23.012.net.il> for 14575@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 08 Jun 2013 23:23:06 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout23.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0MO3000DPCMH8D60@a-mtaout23.012.net.il>; Sat, 08 Jun 2013 23:23:06 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:74910 Archived-At: > Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2013 21:16:55 +0100 > From: E Sabof > Cc: 14575@debbugs.gnu.org > > Also, wanted to ask, is there a way to use bidi display to align English > text to the right? You can set bidi-paragraph-direction to 'right-to-left, but I suspect that's not what you want. Editing and moving inside such text will behave in ways people don't expect to see in strict left-to-right text. In general, the bidi display is not about alignment, it's about display of bidirectional text. That is what it was designed for, so any other uses will not necessarily produce desired results. That it also flushes right-to-left paragraphs to the right margin is because people who use right-to-left scripts expect that.