GNU bug report logs - #44784
Combining accent is not combining

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Message #47 received at 44784 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 44784 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#44784: Combining accent is not combining
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 10:40:55 +0200

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>> Yes, it displays correctly with other fonts, e.g. Noto Sans.
>> It would be a pity to switch to another font.  So this bug report
>> could be closed if nothing can be done in Emacs.
>
> Skimming this bug report, it's not clear whether this was a problem with
> the fonts or in Emacs.  If I do emacs -Q -fn "Noto Sans" with the
> current trunk, I get:
>
> So the combining accent ̷ is combining with the o correctly here.
>
> So is there anything more to be done here?

I confirm that "DejaVu Sans Mono" is still broken:

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whereas other fonts can correctly handle combining characters:

[combining.png (image/png, inline)]

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Please close this bug report if it's not possible
to implement some workaround for broken fonts.

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