From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "John Wiegley" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: how reliable is rendering of complex scripts? Date: Sun, 04 Oct 2015 11:06:32 -0700 Organization: New Artisans LLC Message-ID: References: <20151002.073900.472512461.wl@gnu.org> <83pp0x7mnq.fsf@gnu.org> <20151004.063952.389316157.wl@gnu.org> <83zizz1590.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1443982250 18718 80.91.229.3 (4 Oct 2015 18:10:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2015 18:10:50 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 04 20:10:46 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZinkA-0005Jx-PX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 04 Oct 2015 20:10:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43317 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zink9-00007y-V5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 04 Oct 2015 14:10:41 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52587) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zink6-00007r-SF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Oct 2015 14:10:39 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zink2-0004Al-Iw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Oct 2015 14:10:38 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-pa0-x231.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c03::231]:33642) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zink2-0004Ac-DZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Oct 2015 14:10:34 -0400 Original-Received: by pacex6 with SMTP id ex6so153535782pac.0 for ; Sun, 04 Oct 2015 11:10:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=sender:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:date:organization:message-id :references:user-agent:mail-followup-to:mime-version:content-type; bh=RXTSNbJDPMPehltbGhmliJQvxAtPGIYiqq8uhX3W42o=; b=aVXb14LsDdwEC9FHLgD9xfhjQUAzIrnX8c+gPZv97vGfPu4V6JwoAaIbGM3vP/5dgG rf1vWFHwDVeqELRxvw5pW2gude1fYxtqWPxXlVN4TFuUB1vu9TXm66e02BfBYCBL+f3w S3DyPHBCIFjOe7CcEjaKn+CyfomPhJJPpCIO2nzlQdUhZstEGeQBB5R2oQ5ZV/n+k1/0 g5owxRo7MIU80okjeKuP0TMA5H8ynY+fEN6H84Y2tGmTPV7wzBuglXrxY4BI8Y9riVrN Xy0XjY4/It+1yb7q1JjSjhtfiWjXYkLwIEh4vEGqiFQNtwXdnpEGB+aLUXIK5vHcCu0R OGbQ== X-Received: by 10.68.237.69 with SMTP id va5mr34042664pbc.40.1443982233218; Sun, 04 Oct 2015 11:10:33 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from Hermes-2.local (148.sub-70-197-15.myvzw.com. [70.197.15.148]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id yq2sm23087353pbb.39.2015.10.04.11.10.31 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 04 Oct 2015 11:10:31 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by Hermes-2.local (Postfix, from userid 501) id EE93A468950C; Sun, 4 Oct 2015 11:10:31 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <83zizz1590.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sun, 04 Oct 2015 10:07:23 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (darwin) Mail-Followup-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400e:c03::231 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:190895 Archived-At: >>>>> Eli Zaretskii writes: > No one is working on this, to the best of my knowledge. Once again, we lack > individuals on board who understand these issues well enough to do that. Just FYI, I use Emacs to write in Arabic script fairly often (chatting in Persian via ERC). I haven't noticed any specific rendering or right-to-left issues yet, but do count me as someone with knowledge of and concern for these issues. I know nothing about the other non-Latin scripts, however, or what needs they might have. John