From 7747226193850b48d81443fd38ab89a9daa5658e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2012 10:38:32 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Fix bug #12073 with outdated FAQ entry. doc/misc/faq.texi (Right-to-left alphabets): Update for Emacs 24. --- doc/misc/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ doc/misc/faq.texi | 12 ++++++------ 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/misc/ChangeLog b/doc/misc/ChangeLog index 389e937932b..a4ecfab92fc 100644 --- a/doc/misc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/misc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2012-07-28 Eli Zaretskii + + * faq.texi (Right-to-left alphabets): Update for Emacs 24. + (Bug#12073) + 2012-06-19 Glenn Morris * Makefile.in: Rename infodir to buildinfodir throughout. (Bug#11737) diff --git a/doc/misc/faq.texi b/doc/misc/faq.texi index 9bb3feb52e1..2983667c5cd 100644 --- a/doc/misc/faq.texi +++ b/doc/misc/faq.texi @@ -4044,13 +4044,13 @@ Emacs Manual}. For more sophisticated methods, @cindex Right-to-left alphabets @cindex Hebrew, handling with Emacs @cindex Semitic alphabets -@cindex Arabic alphabets -@cindex Bidirectional text +@cindex Arabic +@cindex Farsi +@cindex bidirectional scripts -Emacs supports Hebrew characters (ISO 8859-8) since version 20, but does -not yet support right-to-left character entry and display. The -@uref{http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-bidi, emacs-bidi -mailing list} discusses development of support for this feature. +Emacs supports display and editing of bidirectional scripts, such as +Arabic, Farsi, and Hebrew, since version 24.1. +@xref{New in Emacs 24, bidirectional display}. @node How to add fonts -- 2.39.2