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Re: How to use "smart kerning" font features in Emacs using composition-
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Eli Zaretskii |
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Re: How to use "smart kerning" font features in Emacs using composition-function-table |
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Mon, 27 Nov 2023 17:22:39 +0200 |
> From: Steve Molitor <stevemolitor@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2023 08:47:41 -0600
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> Thanks again. Last question: Does it make sense to optimize for shorter
> matches? For example, I could pull out the space to only match "words",
> and pull out and handle the "/" separately, to avoid matching against
> long file paths.
Optimize for what purpose? If almost everything is going to be
matched anyway, I think it is better to send larger chunks of text to
the shaping engine, as that causes fewer calls and the shaping engine
will be able to produce better visuals.