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

[Eli Zaretskii]

> 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.

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

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

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

Thanks.