From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
Cc: 63731@debbugs.gnu.org, steven@stebalien.com
Subject: bug#63731: [PATCH] Support Emoji Variation Sequence 16 (FE0F) where appropriate
Date: Sun, 28 May 2023 15:37:48 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <838rd8iqcj.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87o7m4lper.fsf@gmail.com> (message from Robert Pluim on Sun, 28 May 2023 12:29:48 +0200)
> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
> Cc: 63731@debbugs.gnu.org, steven@stebalien.com
> Date: Sun, 28 May 2023 12:29:48 +0200
>
> >>>>> On Fri, 26 May 2023 20:43:37 +0300, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> said:
>
> Eli> Actually, I don't understand why there's an issue here with font
> Eli> selection. Are you saying that using Noto Color Emoji with
> Eli> CHAR+0xFE0E, when CHAR is an Emoji character, doesn't produce the
> Eli> textual representation of CHAR? If so, isn't that a problem with the
> Eli> font? I thought all we needed to do was to hand the combination to an
> Eli> Emoji-aware font, and the font would do the rest. Now you seem to be
> Eli> saying that we somehow need to select a non-Emoji font? But if so,
> Eli> who'd guarantee that a font that cannot display Emoji will know what
> Eli> to do with the combination CHAR+0xFE0E?
>
> Iʼm not sure: gedit displays the text representation, and libreoffice
> displays the emoji presentation. And the google color emoji website
> only shows colour glyphs. So I think itʼs up to the application to
> select the correct font.
But what is "the correct font", when the sequence of codepoints is
CHAR+0xFE0E? How do we identify such a font? Do you know of a font
that produces the correct glyph for this sequence, when HarfBuzz is
used as the shaping engine?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-05-28 12:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 61+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-05-26 3:18 bug#63731: [PATCH] Support Emoji Variation Sequence 16 (FE0F) where appropriate Steven Allen
2023-05-26 6:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-26 8:34 ` Robert Pluim
2023-05-26 8:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-26 11:14 ` Robert Pluim
2023-05-26 12:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-26 14:02 ` Robert Pluim
2023-05-26 14:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-26 15:25 ` Robert Pluim
2023-05-26 15:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-26 16:24 ` Robert Pluim
2023-05-26 17:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-26 17:35 ` Robert Pluim
2023-05-26 18:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-28 11:43 ` Robert Pluim
2023-05-28 12:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-26 17:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-28 10:29 ` Robert Pluim
2023-05-28 12:37 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2023-05-28 11:57 ` Robert Pluim
2023-05-28 12:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-29 10:44 ` Robert Pluim
2023-05-29 13:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-29 14:43 ` Robert Pluim
2023-05-29 14:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-29 16:13 ` Robert Pluim
2023-05-29 17:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-30 7:25 ` Robert Pluim
2023-05-30 12:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-30 13:30 ` Robert Pluim
2023-05-30 16:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-31 16:11 ` Robert Pluim
2023-05-31 16:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-01 12:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-01 13:30 ` Robert Pluim
2023-06-01 16:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-01 16:34 ` Robert Pluim
2023-06-02 8:15 ` Robert Pluim
2023-06-02 12:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-02 12:25 ` Robert Pluim
2023-06-02 12:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-02 13:58 ` Robert Pluim
2023-06-03 5:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-05 13:08 ` Robert Pluim
2023-06-05 13:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-05 13:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-05 14:06 ` Robert Pluim
2023-06-05 13:36 ` Robert Pluim
2023-06-05 13:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-05 14:27 ` Robert Pluim
2023-06-05 15:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-05 15:57 ` Robert Pluim
2023-06-05 16:20 ` Robert Pluim
2023-06-05 16:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-06 7:24 ` Robert Pluim
2023-06-05 16:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-06 7:28 ` Robert Pluim
2023-06-06 11:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-26 15:06 ` Steven Allen
2023-05-26 15:29 ` Robert Pluim
2023-05-26 16:03 ` Steven Allen
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