OK, so I've managed to get the C-h v to work by running `make install`.

I've tested the feature, and it works. Thanks!

However, it can only be changed in the current buffer, and only by
executing M-: (setq ...). Can you please make it possible to set this
variable globally, say in the .emacs file, as well as to customize it with
M-x set-variable?

On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 8:52 AM, Itai Berli <itai.berli@gmail.com> wrote:

> I cannot access the variables; not only these, but all others too. When I
> execute C-h v, the echo buffer says:
>
> > Cannot open load file: No such file or directory, help-fns
>
> On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 7:54 AM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>
>> On July 18, 2017 7:01:41 AM GMT+03:00, Itai Berli <itai.berli@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Thanks, Glenn. This worked. Why isn't this in the INSTALL file?
>> >
>> > Eli, you mentioned I needed to set a couple variables. What are these
>> > variables, and what do I need to set them to?
>>
>> The variables are bidi-paragraph-start-re and bidi-paragraph-separate-re.
>> Their doc strings should have the details you need; in particular, the
>> settings for your case are already described there as an example.
>> You can also find their description in the manual.
>>
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