Re: [emacs-bidi] Re: Bidirectional display in GUI sessions

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 15:06:13 -0500
> From: Gregg Reynolds <address@hidden>
> Cc: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>, address@hidden
> 
> I got it running on OS X and can try it there under X, but I have little
> time so I can't really do the research I would need to do to properly test
> stuff.

Thanks, that would be very helpful.

> However, if somebody can put together a list of things to do to get
> me going I would be happy to pound on it editing Arabic text on a Mac - text
> mode, X, Aqua.  When I checked out and compiled the code a few weeks ago I
> couldn't find any bidi-related commands, or rather, didn't have time to
> figure out how to make it go.  If you can get me started I'll make some time
> for it, though.

There's an entry near the beginning of NEWS (search for
"bidirectional") that will set you up; it points to a section in the
Emacs manual for some more information.

Basically, you just set bidi-display-reordering to a non-nil value,
either on a per-buffer basis, or everywhere (with setq-default), and
that's it.

Try "C-h H" first: bidi-display-reordering is set automatically in
that buffer, so you should be able to see the Arabic greeting
reordered correctly (assuming you have the font installed).

Thanks again.