Users should #include <hb.h> (or hb-ft.h, hb-glib.h, etc), but
never things like hb-shape.h directly. This makes it easier to
refactor headers later on without breaking compatibility.
Can be -1 for NUL-terminated string. This is useful for passing parts
of a larger string to a function without having to copy or modify the
string first.
Affected functions:
hb_tag_t hb_tag_from_string()
hb_direction_from_string()
hb_language_from_string()
hb_script_from_string()
It uses locale information to detect default language. It's used by
hb_shape() whenever language is not set on the buffer.
Not sure how to properly test it in the test suite. Tested by observing
that with DejaVu Sans we select the proper local glyph version for U+431
under Serbian locale. See http://www.pango.org/ScriptGallery
The problem with HB_TAG_STR() was that it expected a string of size 4
exactly, and unlike hb_tag_from_string() it doesn't pad the tag with
space characters. So, the new name is more appropriate.
Since we now assert thos in hb-private.h, the int types cannot be wrong.
(Except for when someone else includes hb-common.h in a very broken
configuration, but that's not our problem!)
Plus, we don't use inline in the public headers, so remove that too.
- Rename HB_SCRIPT_INVALID_CODE to HB_SCRIPT_INVALID
- Add HB_DIRECTION_INVALID
- Make hb_script_get_horizontal_direction() public
- Make hb_shape() guess script from buffer text (first non-common
non-inherit script) if buffer script is set to HB_SCRIPT_INVALID (this
is NOT the default.)
- Make hb_shape() guess direction from buffer script if buffer direction
is set to HB_DIRECTION_INVALID (this is NOT the default.)
- Make hb-view.c set INVALID script and direction on the buffer.
The above changes are meant to make hb-view fairly useful for uni-script
uni-direction text. The guessing behavior however is NOT the default of
hb_shape() and must be asked for explicitly. This is intended, because
the guess is not a suitable substitute to full-fledged bidi and script
segmentation. It's just a testing tool.
Behdad Esfahbod
Jonathan Kew