> From: Nicolas Goaziou <m...@nicolasgoaziou.fr> > Cc: Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2018 16:05:37 +0200 > > ST <smn...@gmail.com> writes: > > > Please leave the Emacs' default value of "bidi-paragraph-direction" > > which is "nil" in orgmode as well. Right now orgmode seems to force > > "left-to-right", thus blocking "right-to-left". With "nil" it is > > dynamic, which means both directions work well out-of-the box. > > > > Right now I'm forced to add this to my config: > > > > (add-hook 'org-mode-hook > > (lambda () > > (setq bidi-paragraph-direction nil))) > > > > It took me a lot of time to figure out, which makes the first Org steps > > for RTL-newbies quite frustrating... > > It may not be as obvious as you think. See > <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2011-09/msg00349.html> > for details.
For the record: The change to the current default was my suggestion, and I still stand by that advice. I think the current default is correct out of the box for more people than the previous nil value. And I see no catastrophe in a mode hook that overrides the default for those who don't like this default. The defaults cannot possibly DTRT for everyone, only for the majority. Thanks.
