Bug#408528: iceape-browser: Indic scripts not rendered properly

[Jan Willem Stumpel]

Package: iceape-browser
Version: 1.0.7-2
Severity: important


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Enabling_complex_text_support_for_Indic_scripts

has a table ("check for existing support") which shows that "complex text
layout" (CTL) for Indic scripts does not work correctly in iceape and
iceweasel.

The package ttf-indic-fonts is installed, so the Indic glyphs are shown, but
they are displayed in the wrong order.

The above Wikipedia pages says "This [i.e. CTL display] will work only on
Firefox compiled with ctl support. Only the firefox binaries supplied by
Fedora Core 4 and 5, Ubuntu Linux, and Kate OS are compiled with this ctl
and set this option, by default."

So why not the Debian binaries? Quite a lot of potential users in India..

Regards, Jan

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-686
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages iceape-browser depends on:
ii  libatk1.0-0               1.12.4-1       The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                     2.3.6.ds1-10   GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2                 1.2.4-4        The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libfontconfig1            2.4.2-1        generic font configuration library
ii  libgcc1                   1:4.1.1-21     GCC support library
ii  libglib2.0-0              2.12.6-2       The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0               2.8.20-5       The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libjpeg62                 6b-13          The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG 
ii  libmyspell3c2             1:3.1-18       MySpell spellchecking library
ii  libpango1.0-0             1.14.8-5       Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpng12-0                1.2.15~beta5-1 PNG library - runtime
ii  libstdc++6                4.1.1-21       The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libx11-6                  2:1.0.3-4      X11 client-side library
ii  libxcursor1               1.1.7-4        X cursor management library
ii  libxext6                  1:1.0.1-2      X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxfixes3                1:4.0.1-5      X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii  libxft2                   2.1.8.2-8      FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii  libxi6                    1:1.0.1-4      X11 Input extension library
ii  libxinerama1              1:1.0.1-4.1    X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxrandr2                2:1.1.0.2-5    X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1               1:0.9.1-3      X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  libxt6                    1:1.0.2-2      X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii  zlib1g                    1:1.2.3-13     compression library - runtime

Versions of packages iceape-browser recommends:
pn  iceape-gnome-support          <none>     (no description available)

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