Not sure how it will help to use c API. But whatever works. Ill be back online today and take a look.
S On Sunday, October 28, 2012, Behdad Esfahbod wrote: > And: icu-le-hb seems to be working now. I tested it by installing it, then > configuring HarfBuzz against it, and run hb-view with --shaper=icu_le, > which > would roundtrip to icu-le-hb and back to HarfBuzz's default (ot) shaper. > > I had to port HarfBuzz's icu_le backend to use the ICU LayoutEngine C API > as I > was getting weird crashes using the C++ API and was not making progress > debugging it. > > behdad > > On 12-10-17 03:24 PM, Behdad Esfahbod wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > A few weeks ago I sat down and wrote icu-le-hb a small library exposing > the > > API of ICU LayoutEngine, and using HarfBuzz to do the real work. I hvae > not > > tested this beyond "compiles", and don't have an easy way to test it > either. > > > > That's when you come in :). If you know any icule users, git it a go. > It > > definitely wouldn't work initially, but is simple and small enough that > should > > be easy to fix. Main users I can thin kof, and in which I'm interested, > are: > > > > * OpenJDK (it has an old copy of icule inside a directory called > layout/), > > > > * OO.o, or whatever it's called these days :), > > > > * XeTeX > > > > The library is not supposed to be binary compatible with ICU LE. So, > it's > > fine to add modify the API slightly, or modify the client site. > > > > Anyway, if you give it a go let me know. Ok, name calling time. Khaled, > > Martin, Steven, I'm looking at you! > > > > Cheers, > > behdad > > > > PS. https://github.com/behdad/icu-le-hb > > > _______________________________________________ > HarfBuzz mailing list > [email protected] <javascript:;> > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/harfbuzz > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile
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