Bug: org auto table formatting is confused by bidi text [8.2.3c (8.2.3c-elpa @ /home/crculver/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20131115/)]

Bug: org auto table formatting is confused by bidi text [8.2.3c (8.2.3c-elpa @ /home/crculver/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20131115/)]

[Christopher Culver]

I started creating the little table below (comparing a few words
across Central Asian languages):

| Tatar               | Farsi  | Arabic | Comment |   |
|---------------------+--------+--------+---------+---|
| igtibar ‘attention’ | اعتبار |        |         |   |
| xormat ‘respect’    | حرمة   | حرمة   |         |   |
|                     |        |        |         |   |

When I press "Tab" within the second row of the table body (the one
beginning with "xormat"), the table is not automatically aligned as it
should be: note that the | divider in that row refuses to move to the
right so that it is below the | divider of the first row. It appears
that the Arabic text confuses org-mode or whatever Emacs function it
relies on here.

Emacs  : GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.8.4)
 of 2013-09-27 on trouble, modified by Debian
Package: Org-mode version 8.2.3c (8.2.3c-elpa @ /home/crculver/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20131115/)

current state:
==============
(setq
 org-tab-first-hook '(org-hide-block-toggle-maybe org-src-native-tab-command-maybe org-babel-hide-result-toggle-maybe
		      org-babel-header-arg-expand)
 org-speed-command-hook '(org-speed-command-default-hook org-babel-speed-command-hook)
 org-occur-hook '(org-first-headline-recenter)
 org-metaup-hook '(org-babel-load-in-session-maybe)
 org-log-done t
 org-confirm-shell-link-function 'yes-or-no-p
 org-agenda-include-diary t
 org-after-todo-state-change-hook '(org-clock-out-if-current)
 org-src-mode-hook '(org-src-babel-configure-edit-buffer org-src-mode-configure-edit-buffer)
 org-agenda-before-write-hook '(org-agenda-add-entry-text)
 org-babel-pre-tangle-hook '(save-buffer)
 org-mode-hook '(#[nil "\300\301\302\303\304$\207"
		   [org-add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-show-block-all append local] 5]
		 #[nil "\300\301\302\303\304$\207"
		   [org-add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-babel-show-result-all append local] 5]
		 org-babel-result-hide-spec org-babel-hide-all-hashes)
 org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c-hook '(org-babel-hash-at-point org-babel-execute-safely-maybe)
 org-cycle-hook '(org-cycle-hide-archived-subtrees org-cycle-hide-drawers org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks
		  org-cycle-show-empty-lines org-optimize-window-after-visibility-change)
 org-modules '(org-bbdb org-bibtex org-crypt)
 org-confirm-elisp-link-function 'yes-or-no-p
 org-metadown-hook '(org-babel-pop-to-session-maybe)
 org-completion-use-ido t
 org-reveal-start-hook '(org-decrypt-entry)
 org-clock-out-hook '(org-clock-remove-empty-clock-drawer)
 )

Re: Bug: org auto table formatting is confused by bidi text [8.2.3c (8.2.3c-elpa @ /home/crculver/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20131115/)]

[Carsten Dominik]

Hi Christopher,

Org can handle variable width of characters in tables only if the width is an integer multiple of ascii characters.  I do not know if fonts exist that behave like this in your case.  However, for a plain text, there is no other way to fix this.

- Carsten

On 17.11.2013, at 19:33, Christopher Culver <crculver@christopherculver.com> wrote:

> I started creating the little table below (comparing a few words
> across Central Asian languages):
> 
> | Tatar               | Farsi  | Arabic | Comment |   |
> |---------------------+--------+--------+---------+---|
> | igtibar ‘attention’ | اعتبار |        |         |   |
> | xormat ‘respect’    | حرمة   | حرمة   |         |   |
> |                     |        |        |         |   |
> 
> When I press "Tab" within the second row of the table body (the one
> beginning with "xormat"), the table is not automatically aligned as it
> should be: note that the | divider in that row refuses to move to the
> right so that it is below the | divider of the first row. It appears
> that the Arabic text confuses org-mode or whatever Emacs function it
> relies on here.
> 
> Emacs  : GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.8.4)
> of 2013-09-27 on trouble, modified by Debian
> Package: Org-mode version 8.2.3c (8.2.3c-elpa @ /home/crculver/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20131115/)
> 
> current state:
> ==============
> (setq
> org-tab-first-hook '(org-hide-block-toggle-maybe org-src-native-tab-command-maybe org-babel-hide-result-toggle-maybe
> 		      org-babel-header-arg-expand)
> org-speed-command-hook '(org-speed-command-default-hook org-babel-speed-command-hook)
> org-occur-hook '(org-first-headline-recenter)
> org-metaup-hook '(org-babel-load-in-session-maybe)
> org-log-done t
> org-confirm-shell-link-function 'yes-or-no-p
> org-agenda-include-diary t
> org-after-todo-state-change-hook '(org-clock-out-if-current)
> org-src-mode-hook '(org-src-babel-configure-edit-buffer org-src-mode-configure-edit-buffer)
> org-agenda-before-write-hook '(org-agenda-add-entry-text)
> org-babel-pre-tangle-hook '(save-buffer)
> org-mode-hook '(#[nil "\300\301\302\303\304$\207"
> 		   [org-add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-show-block-all append local] 5]
> 		 #[nil "\300\301\302\303\304$\207"
> 		   [org-add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-babel-show-result-all append local] 5]
> 		 org-babel-result-hide-spec org-babel-hide-all-hashes)
> org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c-hook '(org-babel-hash-at-point org-babel-execute-safely-maybe)
> org-cycle-hook '(org-cycle-hide-archived-subtrees org-cycle-hide-drawers org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks
> 		  org-cycle-show-empty-lines org-optimize-window-after-visibility-change)
> org-modules '(org-bbdb org-bibtex org-crypt)
> org-confirm-elisp-link-function 'yes-or-no-p
> org-metadown-hook '(org-babel-pop-to-session-maybe)
> org-completion-use-ido t
> org-reveal-start-hook '(org-decrypt-entry)
> org-clock-out-hook '(org-clock-remove-empty-clock-drawer)
> )
> 
>