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Lethargic Man (anag.) ([personal profile] lethargic_man) wrote2008-02-14 06:55 pm

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I've just realised Firefox (2.0.0.10 on Linux) is silently putting in fi and fl ligatures into posts (and then breaking them temporarily apart if you select with the mouse one letter out of the two). I wonder how long it's been doing that.

(I dare say it would have impressed me more if I'd discovered this before I discovered what it does to Arabic.)

[identity profile] pseudomonas.livejournal.com 2008-02-14 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
I noticed that a week or so ago. I considered reporting, but it seems to be a known issue, possibly a pango bug.

[identity profile] lethargic-man.livejournal.com 2008-02-14 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Bug? I thought it was a feature!

[identity profile] grumpyolddog.livejournal.com 2008-02-14 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"from a certain point of view..."

[identity profile] lethargic-man.livejournal.com 2008-02-14 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Now, what's that supposed to mean?

[identity profile] grumpyolddog.livejournal.com 2008-02-14 07:17 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not quoting Obi-Wan Kenobi at you again. It means both statements are true. Sort of.

[identity profile] lethargic-man.livejournal.com 2008-02-14 07:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Aargh; how did I not get that?

[identity profile] pseudomonas.livejournal.com 2008-02-14 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
It mis-renders, at least on my machine.

[identity profile] lethargic-man.livejournal.com 2008-02-14 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Mis-renders how? Looks fine to me.

[identity profile] pseudomonas.livejournal.com 2008-02-15 09:33 am (UTC)(link)
mm, seems to have fixed itself since last week.