Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Change default display of variation selectors

[Robert Pluim]

>>>>> On Tue, 21 Sep 2021 11:28:36 +0300, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> said:

    >> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
    >> Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2021 23:04:10 +0200
    >> 
    >> 
    >> etc/TODO says:
    >> *** Consider changing the default display of Variation Selectors
    >> 
    >> Attached a patch to use 'zero-width for them by default (since theyʼre
    >> frigging annoying). We could use 'thin-space by default I suppose.

    Eli> I think thin-space is better.  Emacs doesn't normally hide any
    Eli> characters entirely from display, so zero-width sounds too radical to
    Eli> me.

OK

    >> Do we need to support VS-16 through VS-32 as well?

    Eli> You mean through VS-256, right?  No, I don't think we should, not
    Eli> unless we support the sequences with these selectors.

Hmm, thatʼs a good question. I donʼt know. I mean, we set up
composition rules for them, presumably to cater for IVD, but I have no
idea if those work.

Robert
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