[HarfBuzz] Subset

[Behdad Esfahbod]

Hi,

On Sat, Jun 26, 2021 at 1:56 PM Patrick <std300 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I am a user of the great harfbuzz library and try to explore it a bit
> more. After downloading the current version of the repository and
> building the library on macOS, I have the following questions. I am
> not a systems programmer, so these might be "stupid questions"
>
> 1) I see that the subsetting features are in a separate library,
> 1 a) Is that correct?
>

Correct.


> 1 b) Is there any plan to merge these in one library? (Not a feature
> request, just a question. The background is that homebrew on macOS
> seems to distribute only the non-subset library)
>

No. They are expected to remain in a separate library.


> 2) When I compile a program, do I have to link to both libraries?


Yes.

3) The manual at https://harfbuzz.github.io does not seem to list the
> subset functions (hb_subset,...). Is that an oversight on my side or
> are these functions not listed there on purpose?
>

That's because the subset functionality has been in development so far. We
are just now working on finalizing the API and call it stable, at which
point the docs should also appear there. You can track that work here:

  https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/pull/3021

We have also largely migrated to github issues and Discussions instead of
this list. You'll get faster response there.

Cheers,
b
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/harfbuzz/attachments/20210628/6f5b5045/attachment.htm>