Re: [PATCH] multistring support in gui_label

[Vladimir Testov <vladimir.testov@rosalab.ru>]

On Wednesday, April 17, 2013 01:02:44 PM Vladimir Testov wrote:
> O.k. Here it is.
> 
> from grub-core/font/font.c  line 1387 function blit_comb :
> >            do_blit (combining_glyphs[i],
> >            
> >                    main_glyph->device_width
> >                    
> >                     + combining_glyphs[i]->offset_x,
> >                     -(combining_glyphs[i]->height
> >                     
> >                       + combining_glyphs[i]->offset_y), &ctx);
> >            
> >            add_device_width (combining_glyphs[i]->device_width, &ctx);
> >          
> >          }
> >        
> >        }
> >    
> >    }
> >  
> >  add_device_width ((above_rightx >
> >  
> >                     below_rightx ? above_rightx : below_rightx) -
> >                    
> >                    (main_glyph->offset_x + main_glyph->width), &ctx);
> >  
> >  add_device_width (above_leftx - main_glyph->offset_x, &ctx);
> >  if (glyph && glyph->device_width < min_devwidth)
> >  
> >    glyph->device_width = min_devwidth;
> >  
> >  if (device_width && *device_width < min_devwidth)
> >  
> >    *device_width = min_devwidth;
> 
> ***device_width is changed sometimes.
> 
> from grub-core/font/font.c line 1458 function  grub_font_construct_dry_run :
> >  if (device_width)
> >  
> >    *device_width = main_glyph->device_width;
> >  
> >  if (!glyph_id->ncomb && !glyph_id->attributes)
> >  
> >    return main_glyph;
> >  
> >  combining_glyphs = grub_malloc (sizeof (combining_glyphs[0])
> >  
> >                                  * glyph_id->ncomb);
> >  
> >  if (glyph_id->ncomb && !combining_glyphs)
> >  
> >    {
> >    
> >      grub_errno = GRUB_ERR_NONE;
> >      return main_glyph;
> >    
> >    }
> >  
> >  for (i = 0; i < glyph_id->ncomb; i++)
> >  
> >    combining_glyphs[i]
> >    
> >      = grub_font_get_glyph_with_fallback (main_glyph->font,
> >      
> >                                           glyph_id->combining[i].code);
> >  
> >  blit_comb (glyph_id, NULL, bounds, main_glyph, combining_glyphs,
> >  
> >             device_width);
> >  
> >  if (combining_glyphs_out)
> >  
> >    *combining_glyphs_out = combining_glyphs;
> >  
> >  else
> >  
> >    grub_free (combining_glyphs);
> >  
> >  return main_glyph;
> 
> ***return value *device_width set to main_glyph->device_width before
> main_glyph->device_width is changed during execution of blit_comb
> 
> If we want to get device_width of some glyph - we use function
> get_constructed_device_width. It returns device_width parameter of the asked
> glyph with parameter *device_width of the function
> grub_font_construct_dry_run.
> 
> When we actually construct glyph, we take device_width from glyph-
> 
> >device_width.
> 
> The most adequate way to find device_width of grub_unicode_glyph is to call
> grub_font_get_constructed_device_width. But it is miscalculated in some
> cases.
> 
> So these two values are different in some cases (This is all about problem
> 2)
> 
> Suggested patch to fix this problem (second one) is attached.
> 
> I will remake the patch for multistring support for the upstream version.

Looks like I've misunderstood something... Sorry. Can't see where the problem 
is...

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With best regards,
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Vladimir Testov, ROSA Laboratory.
www.rosalab.ru