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Re: master 1ebe160: Warn about XFT and about Cairo without HarfBuzz
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Robert Pluim |
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Re: master 1ebe160: Warn about XFT and about Cairo without HarfBuzz |
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Fri, 24 Jan 2020 11:06:07 +0100 |
>>>>> On Fri, 24 Jan 2020 11:01:46 +0100, Lars Ingebrigtsen <address@hidden>
>>>>> said:
Lars> address@hidden (Robert Pluim) writes:
>> +if test "${HAVE_CAIRO}" = "yes" && test "${HAVE_HARFBUZZ}" = no; then
>> + AC_MSG_WARN([This configuration uses Cairo, but not HarfBuzz. We
>> + recommend the use of HarfBuzz when using Cairo, please install
>> + HarfBuzz development packages.])
>> +fi
Lars> I would assume that most people casually building Emacs would have no
Lars> idea what either Cairo or HarfBuzz is. Perhaps it would be helpful to
Lars> say something like "uses the Cairo graphics library, but without the
Lars> HarfBuzz font rendering library"?
'Casually building Emacs'? Is that possible? :-)
If they're doing it casually, would explaining Cairo and HarfBuzz
help?
Robert