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@@ -4151,7 +4151,17 @@ the process. Any more args are arguments to PROGRAM."
;; .emacs ...
(term-set-escape-char ?\C-x))
- (switch-to-buffer term-ansi-buffer-name))
+ (switch-to-buffer term-ansi-buffer-name)
+ ;; For some reason, without the below setting, ansi-term behaves
+ ;; sluggishly, not clear why, since the buffer is typically very
+ ;; small.
+ ;;
+ ;; There's a larger problem here with supporting bidirectional text:
+ ;; the application that writes to the terminal could have its own
+ ;; ideas about displaying bidirectional text, and might not want us
+ ;; reordering the text or deciding on base paragraph direction. One
+ ;; such application is Emacs in TTY mode... FIXME.
+ (setq bidi-paragraph-direction 'left-to-right))
;;; Serial terminals