[FriBidi] Is it possible to disable the shaping to presentation forms

Khaled Hosny khaledhosny at eglug.org
Thu Nov 7 13:04:33 CET 2013


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" <eduardo at brainstorm.es>:
> > 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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