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

[Mike Hommey]

On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 05:19:45PM +0100, Mike Hommey <mh at glandium.org> wrote:
> 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...

Also note that despite what is written on the page, Ubuntu does *not*
have ctl enabled. Pango is, however. But not enabled at runtime for all
locales.

Mike