Bug#439767: libpango1.0-0: pango renders U+200B (zero width space) visibly under certain conditions

[Sven Arvidsson]

> > > After upgrading my system, the latest Pango renders U+200B (zero-width
> > > space) visibly under certain conditions, as a "missing glyph" box
> > > containing the hex value. Particularly, Pango seems to be a looking
> > > for a glyph for this character matching the current language/script.
> > > In my case, Tibetan characters adjacent to U+200B cause the
> > > misrendering to happen.
> > > 
> > > I first observed the problem on a Google search (in Iceweasel) but
> > > have since been able to reproduce it in GTK+ text widgets by first
> > > typing U+200B (using an input method) then moving the cursor before
> > > the U+200B character and typing any Tibetan character. Thus, I am
> > > fairly confident that the bug is in Pango itself and not GTK+ or
> > > Iceweasel.

Hi again,

I forwarded this bug to the upstream developers, 
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=472657

They are asking if you also see this in gedit?

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Cheers,
Sven Arvidsson
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