On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 10:35 AM, Kenichi Handa wrote: > In article >, > Amit Aronovitch writes: > > > Checking the *Hebrew* diacritics (nikkud), I noticed a problem: > > In some cases the diacritics are displayed in the wrong position (their > > "real" cursor position is correct, which makes the UI *very* confusing). > > e.g. if you type "=E2=80=AB > =D7=A2=D6=B8=D7=9C=D6=B5=D7=99=D7=A0=D7=95=D6= > > =BC=E2=80=AC" , the Qamatz (first vowel) appears under the > > space instead of under the Ain (first letter). If you remove the space, > the > > Qamatz does not appear at all. The Zeire (second vowel) appears under the > > Ain (first vowel) instead of the Lamed (second letter). However, the > Shuruk > > sticks to the Vav (last letter) as it should (though the positioning is > too > > close and to high IMHO). > > I do not know if this issue is specific to my build. > > I think it is specific to your Hebrew font. Please tell me > which font is selected by typing C-u C-x = on some Hebrew > character. Thanks for your reply. Here is the output: character: ל (1500, #o2734, #x5dc) preferred charset: iso-8859-8 (ISO/IEC 8859/8) code point: 0xEC syntax: w which means: word category: .:Base buffer code: #xD7 #x9C file code: #xD7 #x9C (encoded by coding system utf-8-unix) display: composed to form "לֵ" (see below) Composed with the following character(s) "ֵ" using this font: xft:-unknown-DejaVu Sans-normal-normal-normal-*-13-*-*-*-*-0-iso10646-1 by these glyphs: [0 1 1500 1328 8 1 7 11 0 nil] [0 1 1461 1299 0 3 6 -1 2 nil] Character code properties: customize what to show name: HEBREW LETTER LAMED general-category: Lo (Letter, Other) ---------------------------- I do not think I have any font-related customization in my .emacs (this is the default choice on my system). Any tips on which fonts I should use (and how to set them up)? Amit