From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6471: Arabic display by emacs -Q on HELLO Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 17:05:16 +0300 Message-ID: <83blwhcn37.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83y6ech1oo.fsf@gnu.org> <83ocf8gx7e.fsf@gnu.org> <83fx0jgxk7.fsf@gnu.org> <83eig3gspa.fsf@gnu.org> <83bpb7gp2g.fsf@gnu.org> <837hlvglvh.fsf@gnu.org> <834ogzglaj.fsf@gnu.org> <8339wjgg8w.fsf@gnu.org> <83y6eagb7g.fsf@gnu.org> <4C1D24E3.5080402@harpegolden.net> <83sk4ig1t7.fsf@gnu.org> <4C1D41D0.1010309@harpegolden.net> <4C1D4B85.6000405@harpegolden.net> <87lfvmuny1.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="47055"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: 6471@debbugs.gnu.org To: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 22 16:06:22 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1i0njJ-000C7C-LI for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 22 Aug 2019 16:06:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43570 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1i0njI-0007Ul-5z for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 22 Aug 2019 10:06:20 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:50460) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1i0nj3-0007QM-0O for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Aug 2019 10:06:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1i0nj1-0007F5-5t for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Aug 2019 10:06:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:57433) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1i0nj0-0007E2-Ec for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Aug 2019 10:06:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1i0nj0-0007sC-8O for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Aug 2019 10:06:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 14:06:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 6471 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: moreinfo Original-Received: via spool by 6471-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B6471.156648271830211 (code B ref 6471); Thu, 22 Aug 2019 14:06:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6471) by debbugs.gnu.org; 22 Aug 2019 14:05:18 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38021 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1i0niH-0007rC-VP for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 22 Aug 2019 10:05:18 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:41816) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1i0niG-0007qx-6Y for 6471@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 22 Aug 2019 10:05:16 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:40520) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1i0niB-0006uJ-0v; Thu, 22 Aug 2019 10:05:11 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=1126 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1i0ni7-0005AU-9J; Thu, 22 Aug 2019 10:05:07 -0400 In-reply-to: <87lfvmuny1.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> (message from Lars Ingebrigtsen on Wed, 21 Aug 2019 15:57:10 -0700) 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: 209.51.188.43 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:165574 Archived-At: > From: Lars Ingebrigtsen > Cc: 6471@debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii > Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 15:57:10 -0700 > > David De La Harpe Golden writes: > > >> Aside: HELLO looks distinctly odd around the arabic lines in emacs -Q > >> but not with my normal config. Probably independent from the immediate > >> scrolling issue and possibly font-dependent, I'll file a separate bug. > >> > > > > Yes, emacs -Q is picking this font: > > > > xft:-unknown-Metal-normal-normal-normal-*-13-*-*-*-*-0-iso10646-1 > > > > from debian package ttf-arabeyes: > > > > /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-arabeyes/ae_Metal.ttf > > > > and "emacs" this font (in accord with my default font customisation): > > > > xft:-unknown-DejaVu Sans Mono-normal-normal-normal-*-15-*-*-*-m-0-iso10646-1 > > > > Actually, I suspect (not that I know arabic) both cases are displaying > > it incorrectly (not composed), but it looks particularly off with the > > former, with the character cell for the character taking up half the > > screen. This might be partially a problem with the font in question. > > (I'm going through old bug reports that have unfortunately gotten no > attention yet.) > > I tried reproducing this in Emacs 27, but as far as I can tell, the > Arabic text shows up composed for me (emacs -Q is using "Ubuntu Mono") > on my GNU/Linux system. > > Are you still seeing this problem, or has it been fixed in the > intervening years? FWIW, I cannot see any problems, and am almost positive they were either fixed or were due to a faulty font.