From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 05 Feb 2014 17:39:23 +0100." <16013898.13E5ahJyav@coil> References: <20140124124408597647.a47c0e3b@gmail.com> <9031696b55153f1092b3e564463f31fd@mikro.quanstro.net> <16013898.13E5ahJyav@coil> Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 09:04:48 -0800 From: Bakul Shah Message-Id: <20140205170448.DB748B827@mail.bitblocks.com> Subject: Re: [9fans] New internal command for acme proposal (with implementations) Topicbox-Message-UUID: b7e5fe1e-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 17:39:23 +0100 dexen deVries wrote: > > What I want is support for complex text layout rendering (for Indian > > languages among others). This requires supporting OpenType fonts, not an > > easy task. Mac's TextEdit seems to do a decent job of this but I don't > > like it as an editor. > > > `having all the bells and whistles' doesn't make a great editor for > programmers. CTL rendering is a a basic requirement for complex scripts, I am afraid! Support for it would be in font handling, not acme. I was just saying it would nice to be able to use acme for Indic scripts. Though I don't see it as a realistic option at the moment for a variety of reasons.