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Re: HarfBuzz on MacOS
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YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu |
Subject: |
Re: HarfBuzz on MacOS |
Date: |
Thu, 21 Nov 2019 14:03:54 +0900 |
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On Wed, 20 Nov 2019 01:30:49 +0900,
Robert Pluim wrote:
>
> >>>>> On Tue, 19 Nov 2019 18:18:00 +0200, Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> said:
>
> >> From: Robert Pluim <address@hidden>
> >> Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 14:39:48 +0100
> >> Cc: emacs-devel <address@hidden>
> >>
> Pankaj> Another question: will this make any difference on MacOS when it
> is
> Pankaj> supported?
> >>
> >> I donʼt know. Coretext works well enough for me, but perhaps it has
> >> deficiencies that aren't obvious to me. Certainly it would be nice to
> >> only have to worry about one shaping library.
>
> Eli> Yes, we should strive to support HarfBuzz on all GUI platforms.
> Eli> Volunteers are welcome to work on that support on macOS.
>
> I have a vague memory of Yamamoto-san having a preliminary patch for
> macOS, but I canʼt locate it right now.
It's not public. I used it just to test if the interface design
(begin_hb_font and end_hb_font in struct font_driver) is appropriate.
I'm currently reluctant to have multiple font backends on macOS
because of Bug#36835, especially if HarfBuzz doesn't have practical
advantages over the Core Text shaper.
YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
address@hidden
- HarfBuzz on MacOS, Pankaj Jangid, 2019/11/18
- Re: HarfBuzz on MacOS, Robert Pluim, 2019/11/18
- Re: HarfBuzz on MacOS, Pankaj Jangid, 2019/11/18
- Re: HarfBuzz on MacOS, Robert Pluim, 2019/11/19
- Re: HarfBuzz on MacOS, Pankaj Jangid, 2019/11/19
- Re: HarfBuzz on MacOS, Eli Zaretskii, 2019/11/19
- Re: HarfBuzz on MacOS, Robert Pluim, 2019/11/19
- Re: HarfBuzz on MacOS,
YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu <=
- Re: HarfBuzz on MacOS, Eli Zaretskii, 2019/11/21