From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#25864: 25.1; Incorrect rendering for Bengali compound character Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 18:24:17 +0200 Message-ID: <83d1e1nexa.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87bmtl5fwx.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1488385526 12045 195.159.176.226 (1 Mar 2017 16:25:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2017 16:25:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 25864@debbugs.gnu.org, mandar.mitra@gmail.com To: handa Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 01 17:25:22 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cj744-0002UX-CD for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 01 Mar 2017 17:25:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47491 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cj74A-0002qA-FX for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 01 Mar 2017 11:25:26 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52973) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cj73o-0002b2-TF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Mar 2017 11:25:07 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cj73m-0001Ei-A0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Mar 2017 11:25:04 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:36407) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cj73m-0001ER-6J for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Mar 2017 11:25:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cj73l-0003jR-V9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Mar 2017 11:25:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 16:25:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 25864 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 25864-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B25864.148838549414329 (code B ref 25864); Wed, 01 Mar 2017 16:25:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 25864) by debbugs.gnu.org; 1 Mar 2017 16:24:54 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34606 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cj73e-0003j3-Jp for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 01 Mar 2017 11:24:54 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:33439) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cj73b-0003ip-HC for 25864@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 01 Mar 2017 11:24:51 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cj73V-00013q-AT for 25864@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 01 Mar 2017 11:24:46 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:41041) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cj73P-0000yg-HY; Wed, 01 Mar 2017 11:24:39 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:4983 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1cj73O-0003iY-PU; Wed, 01 Mar 2017 11:24:39 -0500 In-reply-to: <87bmtl5fwx.fsf@gnu.org> (message from handa on Wed, 01 Mar 2017 21:40:14 +0900) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:129990 Archived-At: > From: handa > 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.