From 2d3fe5d71eec0228a29ce62306878e8a01890bfe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2011 19:29:45 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] doc/emacs/mule.texi (Bidirectional Editing): Correct some inaccuracies. --- doc/emacs/ChangeLog | 4 ++++ doc/emacs/mule.texi | 11 +++++------ 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog index 6fec2e486bc..4d9a204e1f8 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2011-10-08 Eli Zaretskii + + * mule.texi (Bidirectional Editing): Correct some inaccuracies. + 2011-10-08 Chong Yidong * basic.texi (Position Info): Omit page commands. Document diff --git a/doc/emacs/mule.texi b/doc/emacs/mule.texi index 4f1683ef5ea..29b6c69e38f 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/mule.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/mule.texi @@ -1707,10 +1707,9 @@ directionality when they are displayed. The default value is Each paragraph of bidirectional text can have its own @dfn{base direction}, either right-to-left or left-to-right. (Paragraph -boundaries are defined by the regular expressions -@code{paragraph-start} and @code{paragraph-separate}, see -@ref{Paragraphs}.) Text in left-to-right paragraphs begins at the -left margin of the window and is truncated or continued when it +boundaries are empty lines, i.e.@: lines consisting entirely of +whitespace characters.) Text in left-to-right paragraphs begins at +the left margin of the window and is truncated or continued when it reaches the right margin. By contrast, text in right-to-left paragraphs begins at the right margin and is continued or truncated at the left margin. @@ -1734,8 +1733,8 @@ The special character @code{RIGHT-TO-LEFT MARK}, or @sc{rlm}, forces the right-to-left direction on the following paragraph, while @code{LEFT-TO-RIGHT MARK}, or @sc{lrm} forces the left-to-right direction. (You can use @kbd{C-x 8 RET} to insert these characters.) -In a GUI session, the @sc{lrm} and @sc{rlm} characters display as -blanks. +In a GUI session, the @sc{lrm} and @sc{rlm} characters display as very +thin blank characters; on text terminals they display as blanks. Because characters are reordered for display, Emacs commands that operate in the logical order or on stretches of buffer positions may -- 2.39.2