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[3/3] gnu: emacs: Build with m17n support.

Message ID 20160927171722.3166-4-arunisaac@systemreboot.net
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Arun Sept. 27, 2016, 5:17 p.m. UTC 
* gnu/packages/emacs.scm (emacs): Build with m17n support.
---
 gnu/packages/emacs.scm | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

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Ludovic Courtès Sept. 29, 2016, 12:48 p.m. UTC | #1 
Arun Isaac <arunisaac@systemreboot.net> skribis:

> * gnu/packages/emacs.scm (emacs): Build with m17n support.
> ---
>  gnu/packages/emacs.scm | 6 +++++-
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/gnu/packages/emacs.scm b/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
> index 7d10492..d311bcf 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
> @@ -160,7 +160,11 @@
>         ("libsm" ,libsm)
>         ("alsa-lib" ,alsa-lib)
>         ("dbus" ,dbus)
> -       ("guix-src" ,(package-source guix))))
> +       ("guix-src" ,(package-source guix))
> +
> +       ;; multilingualization support
> +       ("libotf" ,libotf)
> +       ("m17n-lib" ,m17n-lib)))

The impact in terms of size seems to be quite small:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
$ ./pre-inst-env guix size emacs|tail -1
total: 582.9 MiB
$ ./pre-inst-env guix size emacs libotf m17n-lib|tail -1
total: 595.2 MiB
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

So I went ahead and applied this patch.

How can one check whether it works?  Do users have to install m17n-db in
their profile?

Thanks!

Ludo’.
Arun Sept. 29, 2016, 5:43 p.m. UTC | #2 
> How can one check whether it works?  Do users have to install m17n-db in
> their profile?

No, users don't have to install m17n-db in their profile. They just need
to use the new emacs package built with m17n. m17n-db and m17n-lib are
just "inputs" not "propagated-inputs".

The difference with and without m17n is visible in the rendering of
Indic scripts. Tamil, one of the languages of South India, is the one I
use and tested.
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diff --git a/gnu/packages/emacs.scm b/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
index 7d10492..d311bcf 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
@@ -160,7 +160,11 @@ 
        ("libsm" ,libsm)
        ("alsa-lib" ,alsa-lib)
        ("dbus" ,dbus)
-       ("guix-src" ,(package-source guix))))
+       ("guix-src" ,(package-source guix))
+
+       ;; multilingualization support
+       ("libotf" ,libotf)
+       ("m17n-lib" ,m17n-lib)))
     (native-inputs
      `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
        ("texinfo" ,texinfo)))