GNU bug report logs - #11075
24.0.94; Text shaping/Harfbuzz support on macOS

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Message #38 received at 11075 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Alan Third <alan <at> idiocy.org>
To: YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu <mituharu <at> math.s.chiba-u.ac.jp>
Cc: Joost Kremers <joostkremers <at> fastmail.fm>, 11075 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11075: 24.0.94; Arabic character composition
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 15:01:20 +0100

YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu <mituharu <at> math.s.chiba-u.ac.jp> writes:

>>>>>> On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:44:01 +0100, Joost Kremers <joostkremers <at> fastmail.fm> said:
>
>> Although Emacs 24 has bidi support (yay!), character composition for
>> Arabic does not work for me on OS X. (In the Arabic script, each
>> character has different forms depending on its position in the word:
>> beginning, middle or end. These shapes should be selected
>> automatically by the software, but they are not.)
>
> The NS port doesn't support text shaping.  The Mac port, which used to
> support text shaping only for left-to-right, now also supports for
> right-to-left:

Hi, does anyone know if this bug was resolved? I assume if it worked in
the Mac port it will now work in the NS port?

Thanks!
-- 
Alan Third

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