From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bidi,gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: merge emacs-bidi into the main tree Date: 07 Aug 2003 16:29:32 +0200 Sender: emacs-bidi-bounces+gnu-emacs-bidi=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <87lluax3ch.fsf@emacswiki.org> <7458-Sun03Aug2003224354+0300-eliz@elta.co.il> <87smoi9p64.fsf@emacswiki.org> <87he4x5v7x.fsf_-_@emacswiki.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1060263285 9147 80.91.224.253 (7 Aug 2003 13:34:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 13:34:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-bidi@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, developer@arabeyes.org, alex@emacswiki.org Original-X-From: emacs-bidi-bounces+gnu-emacs-bidi=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 07 15:35:07 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19kkv5-0000hx-00 for ; Thu, 07 Aug 2003 15:35:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19kkpD-0002Vb-9Z for gnu-emacs-bidi@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Aug 2003 09:29:03 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19kkp3-0002UN-Ap for emacs-bidi@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Aug 2003 09:28:53 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19kkoX-0002H2-JI for emacs-bidi@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Aug 2003 09:28:52 -0400 Original-Received: from [207.232.27.5] (helo=WST0054) by monty-python.gnu.org with asmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19kko1-000203-76; Thu, 07 Aug 2003 09:27:49 -0400 Original-To: rms@gnu.org, gerd@gnu.org In-reply-to: (message from Richard Stallman on Thu, 07 Aug 2003 02:05:07 -0400) X-BeenThere: emacs-bidi@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion of Emacs support for multi-directional text. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-bidi-bounces+gnu-emacs-bidi=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bidi:114 gmane.emacs.devel:15829 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:15829 > From: Richard Stallman > Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2003 02:05:07 -0400 > > What do Hebrew and Arab users think of it? > Eli Z, what is your opinion? I feel uneasy about using something about which Gerd was most unhappy at the time this was discussed. I'd prefer to call for volunteers to continue the work I started, namely, change the display engine to support bidirectional editing without processing batches of buffer's text. (I can elaborate if there's enough interest.) I have some unpolished stand-alone code that does bidi reordering sequentially, which should fit very well into the Emacs display engine, but someone needs to take that code and integrate it into Emacs, since I probably won't have time any time soon enough for this to be practical. If anyone steps forward willing to begin hacking the display code, I promise to help in any way I can.