2 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index eac550a7334..8c98b52e6aa 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2010-11-26  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
 
+        * xdisp.c (set_message_1): Force paragraph direction in echo area
+        be left-to-right.
+
         * keyboard.c (make_lispy_position): Put a meaningful value in yret
         when the click is on the header or mode line.
 
diff --git a/src/xdisp.c b/src/xdisp.c
index fd80d7a0208..77e9db2e5eb 100644
--- a/src/xdisp.c
+++ b/src/xdisp.c
@@ -9384,6 +9384,8 @@ set_message_1 (EMACS_INT a1, Lisp_Object a2, EMACS_INT nbytes, EMACS_INT multiby
     Fset_buffer_multibyte (message_enable_multibyte ? Qt : Qnil);
 
   current_buffer->truncate_lines = message_truncate_lines ? Qt : Qnil;
+  if (!NILP (current_buffer->bidi_display_reordering))
+    current_buffer->bidi_paragraph_direction = Qleft_to_right;
 
   /* Insert new message at BEG.  */
   TEMP_SET_PT_BOTH (BEG, BEG_BYTE);