[HarfBuzz] Harfbuzz Sinhala (si) script support status update

[Behdad Esfahbod]

On 09/20/2012 09:17 AM, Steve White wrote:
> Hi again guys,
> 
> I'm looking into this again.  I could use answers to these two questions:
> 
> ** what documentation/standards are you referring to?

There is none.


> ** what setup are you using, where you see an issue with Sinhala on Linux?
>    I have only seena a problem with Windows here.
>    It would be nice to see what you guys are looking at.

Looks like you figured it out.


> Again, the font works properly in Linux and XP.

Does XP support Sinhala at all?


> I was hoping that this problem was related to some that happen in
> Devanagari script.
> Those issues had to do with changes in the shaping engine since
> Windows Vista, from the 'deva' standard to 'dev2'.  They were all
> table-related, and I think I've resolved them now.
> But, Sinhala has not undergone the same change in its basic tables, as
> far as I know.

Based on this example I'm guessing that the Sinhala shaper in Uniscribe was
based on the Khmer shaper, not the Indic ones.

Anyway, good to know that you fixed it.

behdad