On Sep 28, 2008, at 1:15 AM, Paul Pedriana wrote: >>> ... this is not a WebCore issue, so there is nothing you can do > in WebCore to fix it. > > When I look at WebCore's WidthIterator::advance function, it doesn't > seem to me to be savvy to complex script. It looks to me like it walks > through a Unicode string and replaces character clusters with > individual > glyphs. This approach works for most scripts but not complex scripts > such as Arabic and Devanagari. The problem, as you may well be > aware, is > that there are many OpenType-directed substitutions, ligations, and > "un-ligations." This is unrelated to Arabic's RTL nature unrelated to > simply contextual alternates resulting from cursiveness. It seems to > me > that complex script would have to be supported by something other than > WidthIterator::advance (is it?). > > If WebCore (or WebKit in general) supports complex script correctly > then > I wonder what I am missing regarding the above statements.
WebKit on Mac and Windows (and perhaps other ports, haven't tested) supports complex scripts such as Arabic. But not (currently) the iPhone port. Regards, Maciej _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev
