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

[Mike Hommey]

On Fri, Jan 26, 2007 at 03:23:15PM +0100, Jan Willem Stumpel <jstumpel at planet.nl> wrote:
> 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..

Okay, so I gave it a try[1], and... see no difference between CTL enabled
or not. And seeing the code involving the ctl component, it seems to be
used for the selection only... In this light, I'm not sure it's really
worth enabling...

Mike

1. That was a bit more than adding --enable-ctl. There are some issues
with -Wl,--as-needed and hidden symbols that need to be solved first.