Re: Right-to-left text in org mode

[Dov Grobgeld <dov.grobgeld@gmail.com>]

You are right, I forgot about that. I also have (setq
bidi-paragraph-direction nil) in my org-mode-hook.

Regadrs,
Dov


On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 4:49 AM, Manuel GJT <valhifi@gmail.com> wrote:
> It turns out that org mode does force directionality in its buffers. I found
> in org.el the line
>
> 5308  (setq bidi-paragraph-direction 'left-to-right)
>
> However, bidi-paragraph-direction is always buffer local when set. That
> explains why switching to other mode does not help.
>
> The solution is to set bidi-paragraph-direction to nil in org buffers with
> mixed LTR and RTL texts. This, however, might change the alignment of some
> headings to right-aligned. But the bidi markers now work just fine, so it's
> just a matter of placing them wisely.
>
> I appreciate the time you took for this little discussion. It helped me get
> a clearer picture of the inner workings of bidi and emacs.
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Manuel GJT
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 2:03 AM, Dov Grobgeld <dov.grobgeld@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> A work around seems to be to provide an empty line between the LTR and
>> the RTL paragraph. I.e. instead of
>>
>> * this is ltr
>> * THIS IS RTL
>>
>> do:
>>
>> * this is ltr
>>
>> * THIS IS RTL
>>
>> But you are correct that the wrapping of LTR paragraphs with RTL text
>> is buggy. This bug seems to have nothing to do with org mode, but
>> happens e.g. in text mode and fundamental mode as well. You should
>> raise this issue on the emacs-list or file a bug with emacs.
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 7:27 AM, Manuel GJT <valhifi@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Specifically what additional information should I provide? This happens
>> > to
>> > me even without my .emacs loaded. I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 with
>> > m17n-(db/contrib), libm17n-(0/dev) installed.
>> >
>> > It seems that in org mode is forcing LTR in mixed-directionality texts
>> > since, for example, a heading with RTL text will not change the stars to
>> > be
>> > right-aligned, and the cursor's behavior in org mode is different than
>> > in a
>> > clean buffer.
>> >
>> > Perhaps you could show me how to ignore any previous paragraph settings
>> > other than with R-T-L MARK?
>> >
>> >
>> > Kind regards,
>> >
>> > Manuel GJT
>> >
>> >
>> > On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Dov Grobgeld <dov.grobgeld@gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I was able to reproduce this behavior only with by forcing the
>> >> paragraph direction to LTR or equivilantly by having a first strong
>> >> LTR character in the beginning of the paragraph. Please provide more
>> >> information about your environment, and someone might be able to help
>> >> you.
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >> Dov
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 8:22 PM, Manuel GJT <valhifi@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> > Hello everyone,
>> >> >
>> >> > I need to work in an org buffer with both left-to-right and
>> >> > right-to-left
>> >> > text. Although the character directionality and composition works
>> >> > fine,
>> >> > when
>> >> > writing paragraphs with visual-line-mode on the lines get inverted,
>> >> > i.e.,
>> >> > the line
>> >> >
>> >> > ZYX CBA
>> >> >
>> >> > appears as
>> >> >
>> >> > ZYX
>> >> > CBA
>> >> >
>> >> > instead of
>> >> >
>> >> > CBA
>> >> > ZYX
>> >> >
>> >> > The section "22.20 Bidirectional Editing" of the Emacs manual
>> >> > suggests
>> >> > forcing the directionality of the paragraph with RIGHT-TO-LEFT MARK,
>> >> > but
>> >> > this does not seem to work: even with such a character beginning the
>> >> > line,
>> >> > (current-bidi-paragraph-direction) returns "left-to-right".
>> >> >
>> >> > The RTL MARK seems to work just fine in tables.
>> >> >
>> >> > When written in a clean text-mode buffer the same text appears with
>> >> > proper
>> >> > directionality. However switching from org-mode to text-mode does not
>> >> > correct directionality in said paragraphs. The issue persists even
>> >> > when
>> >> > visiting the file with emacs -Q.
>> >> >
>> >> > org-version 8.0.3, same issue with v. 7.9.4
>> >> >
>> >> > Your help is much appreciated.
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > Manuel GJT
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Manuel GJT
>
>
>
>
> --
> Manuel GJT