[HarfBuzz] Indic Testing Team

[Behdad Esfahbod]

On 09/07/2009 11:07 PM, Ed Trager wrote:
> *** SOME QUESTIONS ESPECIALLY FOR BEHDAD: ***
>
> (1) I'm currently printing out the GlyphIds in HEX.  Let me know if
> there is a preference for decimal or hex numerals for such IDs?

Doesn't really matter.  Though glyphids are typically displayed in decimal.


> (2) I'm*not yet*  printing out the geometry data:  width, xoffset, and
> yoffset.  I assume you would want to see these numbers in normal base
> 10 numerals, yes?  One question though -- Should I divide by
> PANGO_SCALE or use the PANGO_PIXELS() macro?  Or just display the
> numbers directly?

Printing intact as decimal integers is enough.

> (3) Behdad I believe you indicated something about not being sure how
> to get Pango to use Uniscribe on Windows?  (I should track down the
> email, but I'm lazy this evening :-).  Who should I talk to to find
> out precisely how to get Pango to use Uniscribe on Windows?   (My
> knowledge of compiling things on Windows is somewhat lacking
> unfortunately, so I may need some help here ... ).

I know how to get it to use Uniscribe on windows: compile with the win32 
backend.  How to do that?  I don't know, depends on your toolchain.  You 
should ask on gtk-i18n-list.

behdad