Re: summary shows R2L

[Leonidas Tsampros <ltsampros@upnet.gr>]

السّلام عليكم <yamaoka@jpl.org> writes:

> السّلام عليكم (Hello),
>
> You will see the summary buffer is drawn right to left if:
>  - You use Emacs 24.
>  - The subject of this article is at the beginning of the summary
>    buffer.
>  - The summary line of this article has no mark, i.e., begins with
>    a space.
>
> If you don't see it so, try setting `gnus-summary-line-format' to
> the default value ("%U%R%z%I%(%[%4L: %-23,23f%]%) %s\n").
>
> I found this today in a trash folder.  The other summary lines
> are also drawn right to left even if those are English messages.
> So, I added this snippet as a workaround:
>
> (add-hook 'gnus-summary-mode-hook
> 	  (lambda ()
> 	    (setq bidi-paragraph-direction 'left-to-right)))
>
> I think it worth making Gnus do it by default.  WDYT?
> In addition, I also tried the next one:
>
> (add-hook 'gnus-article-mode-hook
> 	  (lambda ()
> 	    (setq bidi-paragraph-direction 'left-to-right)))
>
> But I couldn't see whether it is worthwhile or not, since I'm not
> familiar with R2L text.

Wow. It can be verified on both the Summary buffer, and even the quoted
text of the message buffer while replying is drawn right to
left. Amazing.