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author | Akira Kakuto <kakuto@fuk.kindai.ac.jp> | 2018-06-06 07:23:34 +0000 |
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committer | Akira Kakuto <kakuto@fuk.kindai.ac.jp> | 2018-06-06 07:23:34 +0000 |
commit | b00780a7898db7f92c00d485fa1524805cd3e070 (patch) | |
tree | 88f07845cafb38cde35e3586d821a6c0505381df /Build/source/libs/harfbuzz/harfbuzz-src/README.python.md | |
parent | 3809fcc9aa6e0a70857cbe4985576c55317539dc (diff) |
harfbuzz 1.8.0
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diff --git a/Build/source/libs/harfbuzz/harfbuzz-src/README.python.md b/Build/source/libs/harfbuzz/harfbuzz-src/README.python.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..4c0ba9b2776 --- /dev/null +++ b/Build/source/libs/harfbuzz/harfbuzz-src/README.python.md @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +To enable HarfBuzz bindings for Python among other languages, make sure +you have latest version of gobject-introspection available. On Ubuntu, +you can install that this way: + +```bash +sudo apt-get install libgirepository1.0-dev +``` + +And then run autogen.sh (if building from git), and then: + +```bash +./configure --with-gobject --enable-introspection +``` + +Make sure that gobject-introspection is enabled then in the final report. + +Compile and install. + +Make sure you have the installation lib dir in LD_LIBRARY_PATH, as needed +for the linker to find the library. + +Then make sure you also have GI_TYPELIB_PATH pointing to the resulting +$prefix/lib/girepository-* directory. + +Make sure you have pygobject installed. Then check that the following +import works in your Python interpretter: + +```python +from gi.repository import HarfBuzz +``` + +If it does, you are ready to call HarfBuzz from Python! Congratulations. +See src/sample.py. + +The Python API will change. Let us know on the mailing list if you are +using it, and send lots of feedback. |