Re: emacs-27 60c84ad: ; * etc/TODO: Fix last change.

[Robert Pluim]

>>>>> On Sat, 29 Feb 2020 12:31:25 -0500 (EST), address@hidden (Eli Zaretskii) 
>>>>> said:
 
    Eli>  Emacs by default displays the Variation Selector (VS) codepoints not
    Eli> -composed with base characters as thin 1-pixel space glyphs.  The
    Eli> -Unicode FAQ says that if variation sequences cannot be supported, the
    Eli> -VS characters should not be shown, leaving just the base character of
    Eli> -the sequence visible.  This could be handled via
    Eli> -glyphless-char-display, by changing the entries for VS codepoints to
    Eli> -'zero-width'.
    Eli> +composed with base characters as hex codes in a box.  The Unicode FAQ
    Eli> +says that if variation sequences cannot be supported, the VS
    Eli> +characters should not be shown, leaving just the base character of the
    Eli> +sequence visible.  This could be handled via glyphless-char-display,
    Eli> +by changing the entries for VS codepoints to 'zero-width'.  Or we
    Eli> +could display them as a thin 1-pixel space, as we do with format
    Eli> +control characters, by using 'thin-space' there.

I have emacs set up to show a 1-pixel space, since I hate hidden
control characters. I think it would be a better default than a
hex-box or hiding them.

Robert