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[Emacs-diffs] harfbuzz abb9c62: ; * etc/NEWS: Reflect changes in font ba


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: [Emacs-diffs] harfbuzz abb9c62: ; * etc/NEWS: Reflect changes in font backend loading.
Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2019 08:14:14 -0400 (EDT)

branch: harfbuzz
commit abb9c62e1dbb3abaf1ac3043b1ad764c0ed5eaab
Author: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>
Commit: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>

    ; * etc/NEWS: Reflect changes in font backend loading.
---
 etc/NEWS | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 8222473..d61ded4 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@ HarfBuzz text shaping engine.  It is on by default; use 
'./configure
 --without-harfbuzz' to build without it.  The HarfBuzz text shaping is
 available via new font backend drivers 'xfthb' and 'ftcrhb' for Xft
 and Cairo drawings, respectively, and via the 'harfbuzz' backend on
-MS-Windows.
+MS-Windows.  The Harfbuzz text shaping is preferred to the previously
+supported ones, so the font backends that use older shaping engines
+(FLT on GNU and Unix systems and Uniscribe on MS-Windows) are not
+enabled by default; they can be enabled via the 'font-backend' frame
+parameter or via X resources.
 
 ** The new configure option '--with-json' adds support for JSON using
 the Jansson library.  It is on by default; use './configure



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