Re: How to use "smart kerning" font features in Emacs using composition-function-table

[Steve Molitor]

Got it, thanks!

On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 9:22 AM Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
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> > From: Steve Molitor <stevemolitor@gmail.com>
> > Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2023 08:47:41 -0600
> >
> > 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.