1To enable HarfBuzz bindings for Python among other languages, make sure
2you have latest version of gobject-introspection available.  On Ubuntu,
3you can install that this way:
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5  sudo apt-get install libgirepository1.0-dev
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7And then run autogen.sh (if building from git), and then:
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9  ./configure --with-gobject --enable-introspection
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11Make sure that gobject-introspection is enabled then in the final report.
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13Compile and install.
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15Make sure you have the installation lib dir in LD_LIBRARY_PATH, as needed
16for the linker to find the library.
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18Then make sure you also have GI_TYPELIB_PATH pointing to the resulting
19$prefix/lib/girepository-* directory.
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21Make sure you have pygobject installed.  Then check that the following
22import works in your Python interpretter:
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24  from gi.repository import HarfBuzz
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26If it does, you are ready to call HarfBuzz from Python!  Congratulations.
27See src/sample.py.
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29The Python API will change.  Let us know on the mailing list if you are
30using it, and send lots of feedback.
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