Package: emacs;
Reported by: Rustom Mody <rustompmody <at> gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2012 12:17:02 UTC
Severity: normal
Found in version 23.4
Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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From: Rustom Mody <rustompmody <at> gmail.com> To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se> Cc: 12111 <at> debbugs.gnu.org Subject: bug#12111: 23.4; Display problem with devanagari Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2020 09:36:22 +0530
Dont see the problem now 28.0.50 But dont have adobe fonts On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 8:43 PM Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se> wrote: > > Hi Rustom, > > (You sent the below bug report 8 years ago, but it didn't get a reply at > the time.) > > Rustom Mody <rustompmody <at> gmail.com> writes: > > > I see a certain wrong behavior with emacs involving fonts and unicode (devanagari). > > > > I have a small elisp function that generates devanagari in a new buffer. > > When the unicode is generated, the display is wrong. > > If the badly displaying buffer is saved, emacs is exited and restarted, it is displayed correct. > > > > The problem could be with the (adobe) font. However there is also some issue with the display in emacs which is perhaps not correct. > > > > To make it happen the following are needed: > > .Xresources containing the 1 line: > > emacs*font: -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--12-120-75-75-m-70-iso10646-1 > > > > Of course the font should be installed. > > > > A text file called roman.txt with the two lines (for translating to devanagari) > > ----------------- > > saMprApte > > DukRRiMkaraNe > > ---------------- > > > > The following elisp in a file say apply-input-method.el > > Now call emacs as > > emacs -q -l apply-input-method.el roman.txt > > (-Q does not work) > > And then call F4 ie rpm-apply-input-method. > > > > A new frame should open with two lines of devanagari with the newline between the two lines *looking* as though it is 1 page wide, > > though it is only 1 newline. > > > > In short the newline displays as though it were some 20 or so lines. > > I tried your recipe on the current master branch, and I get a buffer > with exactly two lines and these characters: > > संप्राप्ते > डुकृंकरणे > > Does that look correct to you? > > Are you still seeing this on a recent version of Emacs, such as the > recently released version 27.1? > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > The elisp file: apply-input-method.el > > ---------------------- > > (setq rpm-input-method "devanagari-itrans") > > > > (defun rpm-apply-input-method () > > "buffer to buffer apply input method with buffering windowing stuff mixed up" > > (interactive) > > (let* ((inp (buffer-substring-no-properties (point-min) (point-max))) > > (filename (file-name-nondirectory (buffer-file-name))) > > (outname (concat (file-name-sans-extension filename) > > "-hi" > > (file-name-extension filename t))) > > (p)) > > (switch-to-buffer-other-frame outname) > > (save-excursion > > (save-window-excursion > > (setq buffer-file-coding-system 'utf-8) > > (set-input-method rpm-input-method t) > > (setq p (point)) > > (erase-buffer) > > (execute-kbd-macro inp))) > > (goto-char p) > > (other-frame 1))) > > > > (global-set-key [f4] 'rpm-apply-input-method) > > > > If Emacs crashed, and you have the Emacs process in the gdb debugger, > > please include the output from the following gdb commands: > > `bt full' and `xbacktrace'. > > For information about debugging Emacs, please read the file > > /usr/share/emacs/23.4/etc/DEBUG. > > > > In GNU Emacs 23.4.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.10) > > of 2012-04-08 on biber, modified by Debian > > Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11201902 > > configured using `configure '--build' 'i486-linux-gnu' '--build' 'i486-linux-gnu' '--prefix=/usr' '--sharedstatedir=/var/lib' > > '--libexecdir=/usr/lib' '--localstatedir=/var/lib' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--with-pop=yes' > > '--enable-locallisppath=/etc/emacs23:/etc/emacs:/usr/local/share/emacs/23.4/site-lisp:/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/23.4/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp' > > '--with-crt-dir=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu' '--with-x=yes' '--with-x-toolkit=gtk' '--with-toolkit-scroll-bars' 'build_alias=i486-linux-gnu' > > 'CFLAGS=-g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Wformat-security -Werror=format-security -Wall -DDEBIAN -O2' > > 'CPPFLAGS=-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2'' > > > > Important settings: > > value of $LC_ALL: nil > > value of $LC_COLLATE: nil > > value of $LC_CTYPE: nil > > value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil > > value of $LC_MONETARY: nil > > value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil > > value of $LC_TIME: nil > > value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8 > > value of $XMODIFIERS: nil > > locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix > > default enable-multibyte-characters: t > > > > Major mode: Text > > > > Minor modes in effect: > > tooltip-mode: t > > mouse-wheel-mode: t > > tool-bar-mode: t > > menu-bar-mode: t > > file-name-shadow-mode: t > > global-font-lock-mode: t > > font-lock-mode: t > > blink-cursor-mode: t > > auto-encryption-mode: t > > auto-compression-mode: t > > line-number-mode: t > > transient-mark-mode: t > > > > Recent input: > > <f4> <switch-frame> <switch-frame> <help-echo> <help-echo> > > <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <switch-frame> > > <down-mouse-4> <mouse-4> <double-down-mouse-4> <double-mouse-4> > > <triple-down-mouse-4> <triple-mouse-4> <down-mouse-5> > > <mouse-5> <double-down-mouse-5> <double-mouse-5> <triple-down-mouse-5> > > <triple-mouse-5> <down-mouse-4> <mouse-4> <double-down-mouse-4> > > <double-mouse-4> <triple-down-mouse-4> <triple-mouse-4> > > <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> > > <help-echo> M-x r e p o r t - e m <tab> <return> > > > > Recent messages: > > Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50global.el (source)...done > > Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50ledger.el (source)...done > > Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50lilypond-data.el (source)...done > > Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50psvn.el (source)...done > > Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50pydb.el (source)...done > > For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a. > > Loading quail/indian...done > > byte-code: Beginning of buffer [3 times] > > byte-code: End of buffer [3 times] > > byte-code: Beginning of buffer [2 times] > > byte-code: Beginning of buffer > > > > Load-path shadows: > > /usr/share/emacs/23.4/site-lisp/cscope/xcscope hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/xcscope > > /usr/share/emacs/23.4/site-lisp/cdargs hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/cdargs > > /usr/share/emacs/23.4/site-lisp/cmake-data/cmake-mode hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/cmake-mode > > /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/tree-widget hides /usr/share/emacs/23.4/lisp/tree-widget > > /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/dictionaries-common/flyspell hides /usr/share/emacs/23.4/lisp/textmodes/flyspell > > /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/dictionaries-common/ispell hides /usr/share/emacs/23.4/lisp/textmodes/ispell > > > > Features: > > (shadow sort mail-extr message sendmail ecomplete rfc822 mml mml-sec > > password-cache mm-decode mm-bodies mm-encode mailcap mail-parse rfc2231 > > rfc2047 rfc2045 qp ietf-drums mailabbrev nnheader gnus-util netrc > > time-date mm-util mail-prsvr gmm-utils wid-edit mailheader canlock sha1 > > hex-util hashcash mail-utils emacsbug cus-start cus-load ind-util > > regexp-opt quail help-mode easymenu view tooltip ediff-hook vc-hooks > > lisp-float-type mwheel x-win x-dnd font-setting tool-bar dnd fontset > > image fringe lisp-mode register page menu-bar rfn-eshadow timer select > > scroll-bar mldrag mouse jit-lock font-lock syntax facemenu font-core > > frame cham georgian utf-8-lang misc-lang vietnamese tibetan thai > > tai-viet lao korean japanese hebrew greek romanian slovak czech european > > ethiopic indian cyrillic chinese case-table epa-hook jka-cmpr-hook help > > simple abbrev loaddefs button minibuffer faces cus-face files > > text-properties overlay md5 base64 format env code-pages mule custom > > widget hashtable-print-readable backquote make-network-process dbusbind > > system-font-setting font-render-setting gtk x-toolkit x multi-tty emacs) -- http://www.the-magus.in http://blog.languager.org
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