From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#22786: 25.1.50; eww arabic rendering Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2016 14:43:03 +1030 Message-ID: <878u25xyk0.fsf@gnus.org> References: <84fuwjca8b.fsf@gmail.com> <8760xeq5kj.fsf@gnus.org> <84y4aaza45.fsf@gmail.com> <87egc1z71n.fsf@gnus.org> <83wppsg4yj.fsf@gnu.org> <87d1rkvxbx.fsf@gnus.org> <83povjetir.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1456632867 12312 80.91.229.3 (28 Feb 2016 04:14:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2016 04:14:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 22786@debbugs.gnu.org, mohamed.hibti@gmail.com To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 28 05:14:16 2016 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 1aZskH-0004id-W7 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 28 Feb 2016 05:14:14 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57383 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aZskE-00085g-2o for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 27 Feb 2016 23:14:10 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37278) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aZskA-00085Y-0u for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Feb 2016 23:14:06 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aZsk5-0000Q8-V0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Feb 2016 23:14:05 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:52147) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aZsk5-0000Q4-Rh for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Feb 2016 23:14:01 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aZsk5-00020G-ON for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Feb 2016 23:14:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2016 04:14:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 22786 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 22786-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B22786.14566328177661 (code B ref 22786); Sun, 28 Feb 2016 04:14:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 22786) by debbugs.gnu.org; 28 Feb 2016 04:13:37 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49274 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aZsjg-0001zV-VO for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 27 Feb 2016 23:13:37 -0500 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:42716) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aZsjf-0001zO-ST for 22786@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 27 Feb 2016 23:13:36 -0500 Original-Received: from cpe-60-225-211-161.nsw.bigpond.net.au ([60.225.211.161] helo=mouse) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1aZsjF-00084Y-BP; Sun, 28 Feb 2016 05:13:10 +0100 In-Reply-To: <83povjetir.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 26 Feb 2016 10:59:56 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-MailScanner-ID: 1aZsjF-00084Y-BP MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1457237591.03572@L4CX/0JFsXUIDaBVN91G/g X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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:114001 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: > But if there's no such hint, and all we have is the text itself, then > the UBA determines the paragraph direction from the first strong > directional character, and we then keep that direction until the > paragraph ends, which is indicated by an empty line. There's no way > around this, it's how the bidirectional display engine works. > > Specifically, we need a way to distinguish between the list of > languages on a Wikipedia page from the Al Jazeera home page. Can you > spot anything in the page sources that will allow such a distinction? Nope. But since Firefox is able to do this, that means that their bidi algo is doing something else than what Emacs' bidi algo is doing... So we have demonstrated that there is a way around this. :-) > In any case, I think it will be good to add a "Switch page direction" > menu item to EWW on the emacs-25 branch. Good idea; I'll all that. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no