Re: Right-to-left text in org mode

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

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