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bug#28339: 25.2; Emacs shows ZWNJ character (Zero Width non-Joiner) as S
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Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#28339: 25.2; Emacs shows ZWNJ character (Zero Width non-Joiner) as Space |
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Wed, 20 Sep 2017 10:25:57 +0300 |
> From: handa <handa@gnu.org>
> Cc: b.riefenstahl@turtle-trading.net, nimawebgard@gmail.com,
> 28339@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 21:18:31 +0900
>
> In article <83h8w0hwa7.fsf@gnu.org>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
> > I don't see this in Unicode, but maybe I'm missing something.
>
> > Anyway, what would you suggest as a solution to this issue? Should we
> > install the arabic-font-shape-gstring function into Emacs? Do we need
> > to do something else in addition? E.g., do we need to make the
> > display of ZWNJ optional?
>
> As I don't know what is the right thing, I'm asking here.
>
> If users never ever want to put cursor on ZWNJ,
> arabic-font-shape-gstring-ZWNJ-absorb is the solution.
>
> If users want a thin space to be able to handle ZWNJ directly,
> arabic-font-shape-gstring-ZWNJ-as-space is the solution.
>
> If it depends on a situation or a user's prefernce, it is better to have
> a user customizable variable to switch between them.
Maybe we should go with an option. I will try to come up with a patch
for that.
> By the way, I've just tried arabic-shape.el on Windows, and found that
> arabic-font-shape-gstring-ZWNJ-as-space worked, which means Windows text
> laout backend on Windows (uniscribe?) also returns ZWNJ glyph.
Yes, it does.
> And, without arabic-font-shape-gstring-ZWNJ-as-space, I see a
> strange cursor display. Is it the "glitch" you mentioned?
Yes. Do you understand what is the reason for that?
Thanks.
- bug#28339: 25.2; Emacs shows ZWNJ character (Zero Width non-Joiner) as Space, (continued)
- bug#28339: 25.2; Emacs shows ZWNJ character (Zero Width non-Joiner) as Space, Nima Aryan, 2017/09/16
- bug#28339: 25.2; Emacs shows ZWNJ character (Zero Width non-Joiner) as Space, Eli Zaretskii, 2017/09/16
- bug#28339: 25.2; Emacs shows ZWNJ character (Zero Width non-Joiner) as Space, Benjamin Riefenstahl, 2017/09/16
- bug#28339: 25.2; Emacs shows ZWNJ character (Zero Width non-Joiner) as Space, Eli Zaretskii, 2017/09/16
- bug#28339: 25.2; Emacs shows ZWNJ character (Zero Width non-Joiner) as Space, Benjamin Riefenstahl, 2017/09/16
- bug#28339: 25.2; Emacs shows ZWNJ character (Zero Width non-Joiner) as Space, Eli Zaretskii, 2017/09/16
- bug#28339: 25.2; Emacs shows ZWNJ character (Zero Width non-Joiner) as Space, Eli Zaretskii, 2017/09/16
- bug#28339: 25.2; Emacs shows ZWNJ character (Zero Width non-Joiner) as Space, handa, 2017/09/17
- bug#28339: 25.2; Emacs shows ZWNJ character (Zero Width non-Joiner) as Space, Eli Zaretskii, 2017/09/18
- bug#28339: 25.2; Emacs shows ZWNJ character (Zero Width non-Joiner) as Space, handa, 2017/09/19
- bug#28339: 25.2; Emacs shows ZWNJ character (Zero Width non-Joiner) as Space,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- bug#28339: 25.2; Emacs shows ZWNJ character (Zero Width non-Joiner) as Space, Benjamin Riefenstahl, 2017/09/18
- bug#28339: 25.2; Emacs shows ZWNJ character (Zero Width non-Joiner) as Space, Nima Aryan, 2017/09/14
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