Re: New Tamil Shaping Engine for Pango

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

Vikram <upender vsnl com> writes:

>     Things seem to be pretty quiet around here.I had mailed Owen, the
> new Tamil module for Pango but haven't received any replies from him
> yet.(I know , he must be very busy).

Yes, busy, but if you give me a few days, I'm still around :-)
 
>     I am still to understand xft_font_face stuff.Can anyone help me
> out??

Will respond.
 
>     I have a Tamil Input method for the CVS GTK+.Is there anyone else
> whom I can give it to, to apply this to the CVS??

If you post it here, or a link to it, I'll add it.
 
>     Can someone explain how to submit a patch. And what should I do if
> I want some files out and some new files into the CVS?(i.e thro' someone
> else who has write access).

The exact format of a patch isn't very crucial. Generally, what
most people do is include:

 - a tar.gz file including any new files
 - a patch in diff -u format for existing files.

Regards,
                                        Owen