From abb9c62e1dbb3abaf1ac3043b1ad764c0ed5eaab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2019 15:13:27 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] ; * 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 82224739a29..d61ded41766 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 -- 2.39.2