harfbuzz/README.python.md

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