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29.0.50; Tamil text not shaped in modeline

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From: Visuwesh <visuweshm <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: jaivetrivelan <at> gmail.com, 53729 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#53729: 29.0.50; Tamil text not shaped in modeline
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2022 15:57:14 +0530

[சனி, பிப்ரவரி 19 2022] Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2022 10:23:32 +0200
>> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
>> Cc: visuweshm <at> gmail.com, 53729 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>> 
>> Please try this much simpler reproducer:
>> 
>>   emacs -Q
>>   C-x b கட்டற்ற மென்பொருள் RET
>> 
>> At this point you should see a buffer whose name is "கட்டற்ற மென்பொருள்"
>> and whose mode line displays the buffer name correctly.
>> 
>>   M-: (set-buffer-multibyte nil) RET
>> 
>> Now the buffer's name should display incorrectly on the mode line.
>> 
>> IOW, the problem happens when the buffer is unibyte, probably because
>> we disable text shaping (a.k.a. "character compositions") in that
>> case.
>
> I hope I've now fixed this on the master branch, please test.

Can confirm that it is fixed.  Thanks a lot, Eli!

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