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. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
