From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: handa <handa@gnu.org>
Cc: 25864@debbugs.gnu.org, mandar.mitra@gmail.com
Subject: bug#25864: 25.1; Incorrect rendering for Bengali compound character
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 18:24:17 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83d1e1nexa.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87bmtl5fwx.fsf@gnu.org> (message from handa on Wed, 01 Mar 2017 21:40:14 +0900)
> From: handa <handa@gnu.org>
> Cc: eliz@gnu.org, 25864@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 21:40:14 +0900
>
> Perhaps something like the following paragraphs helps Bengali users.
>
> ============================================================
>
> Emacs running on GNU/Linux system with the m17n library Ver.1.7.1 or the
> earlier vesion has a problem with rendering Bengali script. The problem
> can be fixed by installing the newer version of the m17n library (if
> any), or by following this procedure:
>
> 1. Locate the file BENG-OTF.flt installed on your system as part of the
> m17n library. Usually it is under the directory /usr/share/m17n.
>
> 2. Apply the following patch to BENG-OTF.flt
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> diff --git a/FLT/BENG-OTF.flt b/FLT/BENG-OTF.flt
> index 45cc554..0cc5e76 100644
> --- a/FLT/BENG-OTF.flt
> +++ b/FLT/BENG-OTF.flt
> @@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
> (lang-forms
> (cond
> ("(.H)J" (1 :otf=beng=half+))
> - (".H" :otf=beng=blwf,half,vatu+)
> + (".+H" :otf=beng=blwf,half,vatu+)
> ("." =)))
>
> (post
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
> If you can't modify that file directly, copy it to the directory
> ~/.m17n.d/ (create it if it doesn't exist), and apply the patch.
>
> ============================================================
>
> Eli, where to put that kind of information? Under "* Runtime problems
> related to font handling" of etc/PROBLEMS?
Yes, sounds like a good place.
> Aren't there any suitable web-page?
I'm not aware of any. I thought the Emacs wiki might be a good
alternative, but I don't seem to be able to find any good place there.
Thanks.
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Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-02-23 22:15 bug#25864: 25.1; Incorrect rendering for Bengali compound character Mandar Mitra
2017-02-24 18:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-02-25 15:05 ` Mandar Mitra
2017-02-25 15:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-02-27 14:01 ` handa
2017-02-27 15:05 ` Mandar Mitra
2017-02-28 16:25 ` handa
2017-02-28 19:21 ` Mandar Mitra
2017-02-28 19:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-03-01 12:40 ` handa
2017-03-01 16:24 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2017-03-04 14:02 ` handa
2017-03-04 14:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2017-03-01 16:57 ` Drew Adams
2017-03-01 17:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2017-03-01 17:14 ` Drew Adams
2017-03-01 17:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2017-03-01 18:10 ` Drew Adams
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