Re: Is it possible to disable the shaping to presentation forms

Khaled Hosny <[email protected]> Thu, 7 Nov 2013 14:04:33 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.internationalization.fribidi
Message-ID <20131107120433.GA28375@khaled-laptop>
It is still deprecated in the sense that nobody should be using Unicode
Arabic Presentation Forms shaping in 2013 AD.

Regards,
Khaled

On Thu, Nov 07, 2013 at 03:09:58PM +0400, Evgeny Grin wrote:
> Not everything, marked in fribidi as deprecated, are really deprecated.
> Log2vis is best and simple way to use fribidi with one-line paragraphs.
> 
> Best Wishes,
> Evgeny
> 
> 07.11.2013, 15:05, "eduardo" <[email protected]>:
> > Hi Behdad,
> >
> > I checked log2vis and it is more complex than I expected. I think it is
> > enough to comment the calls to get_joining_types, join_arabic and shape.
> > But as long as this function is in a file called "deprecated.c "I wonder
> > if there is a better way to use fribidi without using the big log2vis
> > function, something like a set of calls where I can control/ommit
> > different steps of the process.
> >
> > If I can get rid of the fribidi shaping, I think the algorithm to
> > connect to harfbuzz is easier. I will post it in the hb list as soon as
> > you confirm I got the fribidi part right.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
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