Arthit Suriyawongkul Reporter
	Description • 23 years ago

CTL (Complex Text Layout) Component is for handle languages
like Hebrew, Arabic, Thai.

note:
this Component is already in the Mozilla browser code,
but not have a name in the BugZilla's Browser-Component list yet.
add it to the list will help developers/users
find/report the bugt more easy, more specific.

BiDi Component is one of the example,
BiDi has been add to the Browser-Component list already.

keyword: i18n, CTL

	Dave Miller [:justdave]
	Comment 1 • 23 years ago

fixing component/owner

	timeless
	Comment 2 • 23 years ago

If this is a component then please provide a description, qa and assignee.

	Arthit Suriyawongkul Reporter
	Comment 3 • 23 years ago

most of the code inside this block

#ifdef SUNCTL

(e.g. in /cvsroot/mozilla/gfx/src/gtk/nsFontMetricsGTK.cpp)

	Roland Mainz
	Comment 4 • 23 years ago

component_name="CTL" or "Complex Text Layout"
description=Complex Text Layout, layout component for complex text like thai,
tamil, hindi etc.
assignee=Roland.Mainz@informatik.med.uni-giessen.de (or are there other
volunteers ?)
qa=katakai@japan.sun.com ?

	Asa Dotzler [:asa] Assignee
	Comment 5 • 23 years ago

This is something other than BiDi? There are as many bugs in this area as there
are in BiDi? Enough to warrant adding one more component to the hundreds we
already have? In which components are these bugs currently filed?  How many do
we have?

	Arthit Suriyawongkul
	Comment 6 • 23 years ago

CTL may work together with BiDi in many places,
but there're still many CTL languages that don't use any BiDi functionality.
for example, Thai lanuage, ligatures.

CTL --> Complex Text Layout
character/text appearance depends on context,
same character may has more than one appearance/position.

BiDi --> Bi-Directional
the direction of text depends on the context (e.g. number) 

CTL and BiDi may often come together, but they are _not_ the same.

	Asa Dotzler [:asa] Assignee
	Comment 7 • 23 years ago

Do we have a specific person that will be responsible for handling bugs in this
component? Do we have a QA contact?

	Roland Mainz
	Comment 8 • 23 years ago

Asa Dotzler wrote:
> Do we have a specific person that will be responsible for handling bugs in 
> this component? Do we have a QA contact?

See comment #4 ...

	Asa Dotzler [:asa] Assignee
	Comment 9 • 23 years ago

Roland, your nomination for assignees is just that. unless owners step forward
and take responsibility I'm not going to thrust a component on them.

	Asa Dotzler [:asa] Assignee
	Comment 10 • 23 years ago

please reopen if we have a developer willing to own this and a qa contact
willing to triage and verify these bugs. 

	Arthit Suriyawongkul Reporter
	Comment 11 • 22 years ago

possible languages in CTL group:
Thai, Hebrew, Hindi, Arabic

	Prabhat Hegde
	Comment 12 • 22 years ago

hi,

This is to let you know that i am the developer of the existing ctl component
and also that i will take ownership of the bugs, rfe (whatever else) for Thai
and Indian languages in *nix (support for which will be added to ctl component
in near future).

I will need help from someone like Roland and Masaki(katakai) since i do not
have cvs access. I do not have Windows and MAC expertise though the ctl
extension code is XP and may need someone from Netscape I18n team for bugs
related to that.

prabhat.

	Prabhat Hegde
	Comment 13 • 22 years ago

hi,

Pl look at the comment #12. In addition, pl consider the following:
A> Thai component has now moved from being in extensions (extensions/ctl) to
part of main codebase (intl/ctl).
B> Over the last year, thai ctl feature has been regularly used and numerous
bugs have been reported on this component.
prabhat

	Roland Mainz
	Comment 14 • 22 years ago

prabhat:
The BugZilla Admin needs the following questions answered:
1. Who is the default owner ?
2. Who is the QA contact for these bugs ?
3. What is the name of the new component ?

My answers:
[1] Default owner should be "Prabhat Hegde <prabhat.hegde@sun.com>"
[2] Default QA should be "Arthit Suriyawongkul <arthit.suriyawongkul@sun.com>"
[3] Name of component should be "CTL" (long form: "Complex Text Layout")

Remaining issues:
- Default owner (e.g. you) has to agree _here_ that he wants to take the
ownership (and really want all the BugZilla spam in your InBox)
- Default QA (e.g. Arthit Suriyawongkul) has to agree _here_ that he wants to
take the default QA (alternatively I can take the default QA (yes, I agree :))
- You have state that the information in [3] is correct

	Prabhat Hegde
	Comment 15 • 22 years ago

Yes to default owner and ownership of bugs - prabhat.  

	Arthit Suriyawongkul Reporter
	Comment 16 • 22 years ago

yes, for default QA of CTL bug.
(you can join me also na, roland :))

	Roland Mainz
	Comment 17 • 22 years ago

Asa:
Do you need any further info/details or is that enougth ?

	timeless
	Comment 18 • 22 years ago

asa ok'd this.