From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Joe Corneli <holtzermann17@gmail.com>
Cc: 17905@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17905: 24.3.50; writing with a giant font triggers RTL text entry
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2014 05:51:26 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83k37v2lzl.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m2pphnbdh2.fsf@gmail.com>
> From: Joe Corneli <holtzermann17@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2014 23:30:33 +0100
>
> My eyesight is very bad without my glasses, and I was experimenting with
> a giant font on my laptop that I could comfortably read without them.
>
> To replicate my set-up: shift+click and select "Increase Buffer Text
> Size" several times, to get letters that are about an inch tall! The
> buffer is in fundamental mode. Emacs is compiled with Xft support.
>
> I was able to replicate the following weird behavior by following the
> above recipe with emacs -q --no-site-file, using the font that is the
> default there.
>
> Here's a sample text generated by simply typing with a giant-sized font:
>
> SAMPLE:
>
> Maybe it's when the lines are particularly long, like if I keep writing
> after a ?seog rosruc eht erehw fo yltnednepedni ,elihw
>
> (DECRYPTED):
>
> Maybe it's when the lines are particularly long, like if I keep writing
> after a while, independently of where the cursor goes?
>
> It seems that quite reliably, with this giant font, the lines will flip
> to RTL after writing for a while. If I write in the same buffer in a
> window that doesn't have the giant font set, it doesn't trigger RTL.
> Here's a text I wrote, starting in window in which the buffer is
> normal-sized, and then switching, back to the giant sized buffer after a
> while:
>
> SAMPLE:
>
> Is it true even if the font size is a bit smaller, I wonder, or does it
> only happen with my glasses off? Is there a particular point when it
> hits, or does it only happen if I get going with some particular word in
> the way? ...ezis tnof yb dereggirt eb ot yletinifed smees tI
>
> Finally, here's a text written in the giant-sized buffer that can be
> used to estimate where it switches:
>
> SAMPLE:
>
> a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z a b c d e f g h i j k l m n u t s r q p o
>
> ... hm, it seems to flip at EXACTLY AT 80 CHARACTERS! (That matches the
> first sample text above, too.)
Could you please provide a complete self-contained recipe for
reproducing this? Something like this:
- start with "emacs -Q"
- enlarge the font by shift-mouse and selecting "Increase Buffer
Text Size" N times (please tell what is the value of N)
- type the following text: ....
etc.
Given your description, I have hard time understanding what to do to
reproduce this.
Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-07-03 2:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-07-02 22:30 bug#17905: 24.3.50; writing with a giant font triggers RTL text entry Joe Corneli
2014-07-03 2:51 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2014-07-03 10:27 ` Joe Corneli
2014-07-03 13:51 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-07-03 15:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-07-03 16:17 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-07-03 16:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-07-03 17:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-07-03 17:12 ` Joe Corneli
2014-07-03 19:49 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-07-04 6:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-07-04 13:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-07-04 14:15 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-07-04 14:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
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