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bug#55256: 27.1; Unicode noncharacters may change writing direction
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#55256: 27.1; Unicode noncharacters may change writing direction |
Date: |
Wed, 04 May 2022 11:17:38 +0300 |
> Date: Wed, 04 May 2022 09:06:37 +0200
> From: frederik.fouvry--- via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
> the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
>
>
> M-x set-input-method RET
> ucs RET
> jufdd0$1 RET
>
> If you type C-a and then step through the characters with the right
> arrow, the direction is reversed. It seems like the entry of $ followed
> by something else is triggering it, but that may just be an
> impression/side effect.
>
> I suspect that the reason is that most Unicode noncharacters
> (https://www.unicode.org/faq/private_use.html#nonchar1) are in an Arabic
> block (https://www.unicode.org/faq/private_use.html#nonchar4b) and that
> the cause is an incorrect generalisation of the properties of the
> characters in this block.
Correct. We failed to be in sync with the Unicode Standard in this
regard. Should be fixed now on the master branch.
Thanks.