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Re: master 1ebe160: Warn about XFT and about Cairo without HarfBuzz


From: Robert Pluim
Subject: Re: master 1ebe160: Warn about XFT and about Cairo without HarfBuzz
Date: 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



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