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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/language/misc-lang.el')
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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/language/misc-lang.el b/lisp/language/misc-lang.el index a2ca678b2be..c8a4821abf7 100644 --- a/lisp/language/misc-lang.el +++ b/lisp/language/misc-lang.el @@ -192,7 +192,25 @@ thin (i.e. 1-dot width) space." composition-function-table #x13437 (list (vector "\U00013437[\U00013000-\U0001343F]+" - 0 #'egyptian-shape-grouping)))) + 0 #'egyptian-shape-grouping))) + ;; "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 + (set-char-table-range + composition-function-table + '(#x13000 . #x1342E) + (list (vector "[\U00013000-\U0001342E]+" + 0 #'font-shape-gstring)))) (provide 'misc-lang) |