Subject: Re: Zero-width chars remapped, why?
From: Andrew Dunbar (hippietrail@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Aug 17 2001 - 10:08:44 CDT
--- Theppitak Karoonboonyanan
<thep@links.nectec.or.th> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 15,
2001 at 08:53:47PM +0100, Andrew
> Dunbar wrote:
> > > On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Theppitak Karoonboonyanan
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I wonder why zero-width chars have to be
> remapped
> > > before being rendered.
> > > > Is there any reason behind? This has made
> using
> > > Thai in Abiword
> > > > impossible, as all combining characters are
> > > rendered funny.
> >
> > Please note that there is a hidden setting in your
> > AbiWord profile that lets you turn off this broken
> > feature. I can't recall its name right now but
> please
> > look around and ask around. It makes Thai more
> usable
> > but still far from perfect.
>
> Yes, I've set the RemapGlyphsMasterSwitch as per
> Bill Carpenter's
> advice, and have uncommented the remapping line I
> previously put
> in my source copy. Things seem to work as expected
> now.
>
> > Please also report all
> > Thai related bugs. I'm very keen to get new users
> and
> > developers who are interested in complex scripts.
>
> Thanks for the encouragement. :-) Yes, I've tried to
> use Thai in
> Abiword again, as I used to do in some old versions.
> But it has
> changed so much now.
>
> Bug #1850, #1857 and #1858 are what I found relating
> to Thai, before
> this remapping issue, which I feel the need of
> discussion. :-)
We've talked about using Pango and/or FreeType to
improve complex script support in upcoming versions of
AbiWord so hang in there, keep the pressure on, and
spread the word to other Thai users. Thanks (:
Andrew Dunbar.
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