Re: emacs-27 60c84ad: ; * etc/TODO: Fix last change.

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Robert Pluim <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 11:40:35 +0100
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>
> 
> >>>>> On Sat, 29 Feb 2020 12:31:25 -0500 (EST), address@hidden (Eli 
> >>>>> Zaretskii) said:
>  
>     Eli>  Emacs by default displays the Variation Selector (VS) codepoints not
>     Eli> -composed with base characters as thin 1-pixel space glyphs.  The
>     Eli> -Unicode FAQ says that if variation sequences cannot be supported, 
> the
>     Eli> -VS characters should not be shown, leaving just the base character 
> of
>     Eli> -the sequence visible.  This could be handled via
>     Eli> -glyphless-char-display, by changing the entries for VS codepoints to
>     Eli> -'zero-width'.
>     Eli> +composed with base characters as hex codes in a box.  The Unicode 
> FAQ
>     Eli> +says that if variation sequences cannot be supported, the VS
>     Eli> +characters should not be shown, leaving just the base character of 
> the
>     Eli> +sequence visible.  This could be handled via glyphless-char-display,
>     Eli> +by changing the entries for VS codepoints to 'zero-width'.  Or we
>     Eli> +could display them as a thin 1-pixel space, as we do with format
>     Eli> +control characters, by using 'thin-space' there.
> 
> I have emacs set up to show a 1-pixel space, since I hate hidden
> control characters. I think it would be a better default than a
> hex-box or hiding them.

Then maybe this TODO item is for you ;-)