From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#62606: R2L modelines (was: bug#62606: [PATCH] function to align mode-line elements to right) Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2023 12:52:23 -0400 Message-ID: References: <83edmk1uga.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Stefan Monnier Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="1485"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cc: hugo@heagren.com, 62606@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 09 18:53:19 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1q7fMV-0000CW-D8 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 09 Jun 2023 18:53:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1q7fMG-00025Z-4R; Fri, 09 Jun 2023 12:53:04 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1q7fMF-00025J-22 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Jun 2023 12:53:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1q7fME-0007kP-QE for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Jun 2023 12:53:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1q7fME-0001oR-CD for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Jun 2023 12:53:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2023 16:53:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 62606 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 62606-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B62606.16863295536918 (code B ref 62606); Fri, 09 Jun 2023 16:53:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 62606) by debbugs.gnu.org; 9 Jun 2023 16:52:33 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60256 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1q7fLk-0001nW-Kn for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 09 Jun 2023 12:52:32 -0400 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]:48848) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1q7fLj-0001nI-A1 for 62606@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 09 Jun 2023 12:52:31 -0400 Original-Received: from pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id B858144291B; Fri, 9 Jun 2023 12:52:25 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 5835C4402C0; Fri, 9 Jun 2023 12:52:24 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1686329544; bh=bZR3L1Z/biPXI3qak0iDRazo/V+jZ0hBO4NrWrJ/u4c=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=Ve+gmzjn1/9XASOZqe6op5YTncORS3heeSC4Zt7SrKUz7dC/atKrzzCZFirigsJd0 MBpJ6uenGJvKkis9fGOlSI8z8Co2L6tngdFcL+W5NpKtB2tjMgbLGG99SoDhqpUXUR xhAiHSa39tSA8ktLyrFKlk95fhJMBc72/LtJ4USIz/yvOIP+ECB+jF4Dpyhoxia4nP pUKNey6lBCgOvJia8T/AWRYACMhgppArjbJcRFXHZt1KjrAq0Z1QBf0Oq4rXSYNwcd VREH+gPdMenWxpT6y01OmhTh3cuTvDgqIWHq7KeOK2Phx733yInDWVrxAAaPHOt4tk u8mDx9/Rj7IdA== Original-Received: from alfajor (unknown [45.44.229.252]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2FFF1120187; Fri, 9 Jun 2023 12:52:24 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <83edmk1uga.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 09 Jun 2023 19:17:25 +0300") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:263178 Archived-At: >> [ And now I wonder: can Emacs have R2L modelines? If so, what should >> happen in those? ] [...] > Bottom line: Emacs doesn't support making the UI right-to-left. > IMNSHO in IME, supporting that would be a lot of work for very little > benefit. Indeed, it seems to be of any real use, we'd first need to be able to translate most of the elements (like mode names, menu titles, ...). [ Sorry for this offtopic drift in the thread. I'll stop here. ] Stefan