Mike Hommey schreef: > On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 05:19:45PM +0100, Mike Hommey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> On Fri, Jan 26, 2007 at 03:23:15PM +0100, Jan Willem Stumpel <[EMAIL >> PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Package: iceape-browser >>> Version: 1.0.7-2 >>> Severity: important >>> >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Enabling_complex_text_support_for_Indic_scripts >>> >>> has a table ("check for existing support") which shows that "complex text >>> layout" (CTL) for Indic scripts does not work correctly in iceape and >>> iceweasel. >>> >>> The package ttf-indic-fonts is installed, so the Indic glyphs are shown, but >>> they are displayed in the wrong order. >>> >>> The above Wikipedia pages says "This [i.e. CTL display] will work only on >>> Firefox compiled with ctl support. Only the firefox binaries supplied by >>> Fedora Core 4 and 5, Ubuntu Linux, and Kate OS are compiled with this ctl >>> and set this option, by default." >>> >>> So why not the Debian binaries? Quite a lot of potential users in India.. >> Okay, so I gave it a try[1], and... see no difference between CTL enabled >> or not. And seeing the code involving the ctl component, it seems to be >> used for the selection only... In this light, I'm not sure it's really >> worth enabling... > > Also note that despite what is written on the page, Ubuntu does *not* > have ctl enabled. Pango is, however. But not enabled at runtime for all > locales.
For which locales? I think if it is enabled for one UTF-locale it should be enabled for all UTF-8 locales (UTF-8 being a "universal" charset). Regards, Jan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]