; * lisp/international/quail.el (quail-insert-kbd-layout): Commentary.

diff --git a/lisp/international/quail.el b/lisp/international/quail.el
index c7340fbdcac679105fe0c43ca0d4106f070462aa..120e98a465a0c4ef11c16a2517ebfadd72cd626e 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/international/quail.el
+++ b/lisp/international/quail.el
@@ -836,6 +836,8 @@ The format of KBD-LAYOUT is the same as `quail-keyboard-layout'."
                                       (format "\t%c\t" upper))
                     (string upper))))
        (insert (bidi-string-mark-left-to-right lower)
+                ;; This invisible space is here to prevent the display
+                ;; engine from composing these two characters on display.
                (propertize " " 'invisible t)
                (bidi-string-mark-left-to-right upper))
        (if (< (string-width upper) 2)