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: Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:07:05 +0900 Message-ID: <87iqabtbnq.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <83tyu3iu6b.fsf@gnu.org> <201002011400.o11E0jMQ007420@beta.mvs.co.il> <83vdeghfqg.fsf@gnu.org> <201002012205.o11M5Sci011809@beta.mvs.co.il> <83k4uvh09o.fsf@gnu.org> <201002031310.o13DAqXd019253@beta.mvs.co.il> <40314.130.55.118.19.1265230948.squirrel@webmail.lanl.gov> <201002041621.o14GL6w5006928@beta.mvs.co.il> <833a1ghjrj.fsf@gnu.org> <201002051221.o15CLmVW016971@beta.mvs.co.il> <83ock3g5fq.fsf@gnu.org> <87ock3u5ic.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <83mxzng2f8.fsf@gnu.org> 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 1265418450 10187 80.91.229.12 (6 Feb 2010 01:07:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 01:07:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-bidi@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 06 02:07:27 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 1NdZ8w-00072d-UJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:07:27 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56660 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NdZ8w-0002FU-8m for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:07:26 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NdZ8p-0002E0-6S for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:07:19 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=58260 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NdZ8o-0002Dl-Tz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:07:18 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NdZ8l-00045g-IW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:07:18 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp12.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.74]:37659) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NdZ8g-00043E-0H; Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:07:10 -0500 Original-Received: from 218.231.148.164.eo.eaccess.ne.jp ([218.231.148.164] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp12.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1NdZ8d-0000g1-0j; Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:07:07 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 260A3DF8F; Sat, 6 Feb 2010 10:07:06 +0900 (JST) System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: <83mxzng2f8.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:52:43 +0200") Original-Lines: 29 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:120966 gmane.emacs.bidi:538 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> > Emacs's way of re-flowing is by inserting newlines. >> >> Hmm, that used to be the case, but what about the `word-wrap' variable > > Right. So I have one argument less, but the rest are still valid. > >> (etc)? > > What's that? Oh, I was just referring to the ancillary stuff, like visual-line-mode. >> That, incidentally, is another reason we need a "line-length" variable > > Why is that related? AFAICS, word-wrap does not affect horizontal > scrolling. word-wrapping also needs a way for the user to specify a less-than-window-width wrapping-point. I dunno if the two notions of "line-length" can/should be conflated, just tossing out the notion. -Miles -- Marriage, n. The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress and two slaves, making in all, two.