qutebrowser/qutebrowser/utils/harfbuzz.py
2014-02-17 12:23:52 +01:00

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# Copyright 2014 Florian Bruhin (The Compiler) <mail@qutebrowser.org>
#
# This file is part of qutebrowser.
#
# qutebrowser is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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#
# qutebrowser is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
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"""Fixer to set QT_HARFBUZZ variable.
In its own file so it doesn't include any Qt stuff, because if it did, it
wouldn't work.
"""
import os
import sys
def fix():
"""Fix harfbuzz issues.
This switches to an older (but more stable) harfbuzz font rendering engine
instead of using the system wide one.
This fixes crashes on various sites.
See https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTBUG-36099
"""
if sys.platform.startswith('linux'):
# Switch to old but stable font rendering engine
os.environ['QT_HARFBUZZ'] = 'old'