From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.bidi Subject: Re: Mixed L2R and R2L paragraphs and horizontal scroll Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:53:21 +0900 Message-ID: <878wbeaqlq.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <83tyu3iu6b.fsf@gnu.org> <4B645FF4.30205@gmx.at> <83ockbil1v.fsf@gnu.org> <4B646AD3.1010102@gmx.at> <83mxzviio5.fsf@gnu.org> <4B647AE5.5090001@gmx.at> <83ljffif09.fsf@gnu.org> <4B648C6E.8080905@gmx.at> <83eil7i84h.fsf@gnu.org> <4B654F24.5020603@gmx.at> <83aavui23z.fsf@gnu.org> <4B65E199.6070100@gmx.at> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1264974841 31124 80.91.229.12 (31 Jan 2010 21:54:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:54:01 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Eli Zaretskii , emacs-bidi@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: martin rudalics Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 31 22:53:50 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nbhjp-00067y-Uy for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:53:50 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57920 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Nbhjp-0002Am-F9 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:53:49 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NbhjX-00022g-7l for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:53:31 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=38824 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NbhjW-00021t-8E for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:53:30 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NbhjV-0003S0-GA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:53:29 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp12.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.74]:34021) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NbhjS-0003Qh-ND; Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:53:27 -0500 Original-Received: from 218.231.96.8.eo.eaccess.ne.jp ([218.231.96.8] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp12.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1NbhjO-0003Iy-Oe; Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:53:22 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E6B2FDF8E; Mon, 1 Feb 2010 06:53:21 +0900 (JST) System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: <4B65E199.6070100@gmx.at> (martin rudalics's message of "Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:01:29 +0100") Original-Lines: 12 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV GOL (outbound) X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:120757 gmane.emacs.bidi:485 Archived-At: martin rudalics writes: > Technically columns are numbered by counting characters following the > last newline in the buffer text. Eh? Clearly they're not, because things like tabs expand into multiple columns... Columns are a display concept, not a buffer concept. -Miles -- Electricity, n. The cause of all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else.