René Dudfield

@peanutbutterandcrackers cool! Thanks. For a test we need an assertion to pass or fail if the code is correct. Can you modify the code you posted so that it would...

I just checked the SDL issue, and it has been merged into SDL_ttf (but disabled by default). See https://bugzilla.libsdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3046 However it hasn't made it into a release of SDL_ttf yet....

Here are the new C functions exposed by SDL_ttf ([from this link](https://hg.libsdl.org/SDL_ttf/rev/b357aefce885)). ```c /* Set Direction and Script to be used for text shaping. - direction is of type hb_direction_t...

- Mac `harfbuzz` exists in homebrew. - Debian linux https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=harfbuzz is available from oldstable (jessie). - Windows, the harfbuzz website says it has windows binaries. https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/HarfBuzz/

I made a todo list at the top of the issue with some of the things that need to be done.

Thanks @peanutbutterandcrackers I had a quick look at it, but haven't had a chance to play around with it yet. But it does seem like it is in a good...

Hi @peanutbutterandcrackers, sorry I didn't respond earlier. I couldn't think of a good answer to your question. But here is a list of good learning resources... - https://www.reddit.com/r/C_Programming/ (good forum...

SDL has moved issue trackers: and the new related bug is here: https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL_ttf/issues/62

It doesn't seem there is consensus yet on this one. > set_mode is also the window resizing API. It shouldn't lose the contents of the original window surface. Does resizing...

> Yeah, I also agree with clearing the background on every set_mode() call (so that users can redraw their stuff). I also tested 1.9.6 behaviour and it is inline with...