On Sun, May 07, 2006 at 02:40:01PM +0700, Theppitak Karoonboonyanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Package: firefox > Version: 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.3-2 > Severity: wishlist > > > Word boundary analysis for line breaking is essential for Thai web page > rendering, as Thai is written continuously without word delimitors. > Most Thai web pages are created based on an assumption that web browsers > are able to wrap lines properly, which is true for some popular browser, > but not for Gecko-based ones. > > With the `libthai' package recently uploaded to sid (now already > migrated to etch), Thai word boundary analysis is now possible for > applications in debian. And a proposed patch for Mozilla to wrap lines > with libthai has been available at Mozilla Bug #7969 for some time. > Unfortunately, the 1.8 branch is now frozen. So, we seem to need > patching in debian. > > The patch has been tested by locally distributed binary packages, > and no severe problem has been found so far. > > So, please consider applying the patch, for a serious usability issue > for Thai users. The most recent patch is proposed in Comment #51: > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7969#c51 > and the patch is at: > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=220509
I'm afraid I'm not going to consider this patch. And probably upstream won't like it either. You should link against libthai, not dynamically load it. That probably means you have to make a component out of your linebreaker if you don't want the whole firefox to depend on it. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
