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| author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2011-09-28 20:49:09 +0300 |
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| committer | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2011-09-28 20:49:09 +0300 |
| commit | e1504b9b0b2fdcf757c29dcc65ffe8b670cc7604 (patch) | |
| tree | 649abc0c391089af0222ef689896b99c6a83f6ac /INSTALL | |
| parent | fbcaa2f3880fc9fc3a84182a0061fbdcf32ba19e (diff) | |
| download | emacs-e1504b9b0b2fdcf757c29dcc65ffe8b670cc7604.tar.gz | |
INSTALL: Mention that m17n libraries and libotf are needed for Arabic shaping.
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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 9 deletions
@@ -111,15 +111,16 @@ ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION FILES * Complex Text Layout support libraries -Emacs needs the optional libraries "m17n-db", "libm17n-flt", "libotf" -to correctly display such complex scripts as Indic and Khmer. -On some systems, particularly GNU/Linux, these libraries may be -already present or available as additional packages. Note that if -there is a separate `dev' or `devel' package, for use at compilation -time rather than run time, you will need that as well as the -corresponding run time package; typically the dev package will contain -header files and a library archive. Otherwise, you can download and -build libraries from sources. +On GNU and Unix systems, Emacs needs the optional libraries "m17n-db", +"libm17n-flt", "libotf" to correctly display such complex scripts as +Indic and Khmer, and also for scripts that require Arabic shaping +support (Arabic and Farsi). On some systems, particularly GNU/Linux, +these libraries may be already present or available as additional +packages. Note that if there is a separate `dev' or `devel' package, +for use at compilation time rather than run time, you will need that +as well as the corresponding run time package; typically the dev +package will contain header files and a library archive. Otherwise, +you can download and build libraries from sources. The sources of these libraries are available by anonymous CVS from cvs.m17n.org. @@ -133,6 +134,9 @@ For m17n-lib, if you have problems with making the whole package because you lack some other packages on which m17n-lib depends, try to configure it with the option "--without-gui". +Note that Emacs cannot support complex scripts on a TTY, unless the +terminal includes such a support. + * intlfonts-VERSION.tar.gz The intlfonts distribution contains X11 fonts in various encodings |