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

eduardo eduardo at brainstorm.es
Thu Nov 7 13:09:26 CET 2013


So how come it is deprecated but it is still the easiest one to use 
even when you don't want that kind of shaping?

On Thu, 7 Nov 2013 14:04:33 +0200, Khaled Hosny wrote:
> 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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