2 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index eef9cede561..8c24a1f4741 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-07-28  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
+
+        * buffer.c (init_buffer_once, syms_of_buffer): Set
+        bidi-display-reordering to t by default.
+
 2011-07-28  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
         * alloc.c (memory_full) [!SYNC_INPUT]: Fix signal-related race.
diff --git a/src/buffer.c b/src/buffer.c
index a40275db8de..79800490fd1 100644
--- a/src/buffer.c
+++ b/src/buffer.c
@@ -4926,7 +4926,7 @@ init_buffer_once (void)
   BVAR (&buffer_defaults, truncate_lines) = Qnil;
   BVAR (&buffer_defaults, word_wrap) = Qnil;
   BVAR (&buffer_defaults, ctl_arrow) = Qt;
-  BVAR (&buffer_defaults, bidi_display_reordering) = Qnil;
+  BVAR (&buffer_defaults, bidi_display_reordering) = Qt;
   BVAR (&buffer_defaults, bidi_paragraph_direction) = Qnil;
   BVAR (&buffer_defaults, cursor_type) = Qt;
   BVAR (&buffer_defaults, extra_line_spacing) = Qnil;
@@ -5500,7 +5500,7 @@ The variable `coding-system-for-write', if non-nil, overrides this variable.
 This variable is never applied to a way of decoding a file while reading it.  */);
 
   DEFVAR_PER_BUFFER ("bidi-display-reordering",
-                     &BVAR (current_buffer, bidi_display_reordering), Qnil,
+                     &BVAR (current_buffer, bidi_display_reordering), Qt,
                      doc: /* Non-nil means reorder bidirectional text for display in the visual order.  */);
 
   DEFVAR_PER_BUFFER ("bidi-paragraph-direction",