In article <4e93c6b4.9090...@it.aoyama.ac.jp>, "Martin J. Dürst" <due...@it.aoyama.ac.jp> writes:
> I installed m17n-db, m17n-lib, and libotf, as indicated in the INSTALL > file. I also installed intlfonts, afterwards. But that didn't help. > Maybe I should have installed intlfonts before? No, intlfonts is not related to CTL (Complex Text Layout). > There are several details in INSTALL that could make things easier: > - Mention additional distribution files upfront. In particular people > who are not very good at English will read it slowly, and proceed as > they read the file. > - If possible, integrate these various packages with Emacs itself. There > may be copyright problems to not have things in the same repository, but > I don't see a problem with making them external libraries in the > repository so that they get downloaded automatically, and automating the > make process. If we say "Emacs does complex scripts." and "Emacs does > bidi.", then that should be the default, not some "additional > distribution files" option. > - For m17n-db, m17n-lib, and libotf, mention that they should be > installed in that order. Currently, it looks like they are independent, > which they aren't. Ah, no, libotf should be installed first. Otherwise, m17n-lib doesn't utilize libotf, and thus provides very limitted CTL support. I'll fix INSTALL soon. > - The section on intlfonts says "If you see a non-ASCII character appear > as a hollow box...". These days, characters with missing glyphs are > displayed as a box with a number, so the text should be adapted here, I > guess. Right. >>> On the other hand, these work fine in the Windows version. The only >>> problem that I found in the Windows version is that U+30FC (Katakana >>> length mark) doesn't show (it's just a box with the number 30FC), even >>> though the rest of Japanese works well. > > > > That's is a known problem. Does the situation change when > > you do C-x RET L Japanese RET? > No, sorry, it didn't change. I'll work on this problem. --- Kenichi Handa ha...@m17n.org _______________________________________________ emacs-bidi mailing list emacs-bidi@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-bidi
