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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/language/misc-lang.el')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/language/misc-lang.el | 19 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/language/misc-lang.el b/lisp/language/misc-lang.el index de4f092dc13..c8a4821abf7 100644 --- a/lisp/language/misc-lang.el +++ b/lisp/language/misc-lang.el @@ -193,14 +193,19 @@ thin (i.e. 1-dot width) space." #x13437 (list (vector "\U00013437[\U00013000-\U0001343F]+" 0 #'egyptian-shape-grouping))) - ;; As of late 2021, Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls are not yet - ;; supported in existing fonts and shaping engines, but some fonts - ;; do provide ligatures with which texts in Egyptian Hieroglyphs are - ;; correctly displayed. If and when these format controls are - ;; supported, the five lines below (which cancel the effect of the - ;; above lines) can be removed, and the entry in etc/HELLO can be + ;; "Normal" hieroglyphs, for fonts that don't support the above + ;; controls, but do shape sequences of hieroglyphs without the + ;; controls. + ;; FIXME: As of late 2021, Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls are + ;; not yet supported in existing fonts and/or shaping engines, but + ;; some fonts do provide ligatures with which texts in Egyptian + ;; Hieroglyphs are correctly displayed. If and when these format + ;; controls are supported, as described in section 11.4 "Egyptian + ;; Hieroglyphs" of the Unicode Standard, the five lines below (which + ;; allow composition of hieroglyphs without formatting controls + ;; around) can be removed, and the entry in etc/HELLO can be ;; restored to: - ;; Egyptian Hieroglyphs (𓂋𓏤𓈖𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖) 𓅓𓊵𓏏𓊪, 𓇍𓇋𓂻𓍘𓇋 + ;; Egyptian Hieroglyphs (𓂋𓏤𓈖𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖) 𓅓𓊵𓏏𓊪, 𓇍𓇋𓂻𓍘𓇋 (set-char-table-range composition-function-table '(#x13000 . #x1342E) |