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<dt><span class="section"><a href="customizing-unicode-functions.html">Customizing Unicode functions</a></span></dt>
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- The input to Harfbuzz is a series of Unicode characters, stored in a
+ The input to HarfBuzz is a series of Unicode characters, stored in a
buffer. In this chapter, we'll look at how to set up a buffer with
the text that we want and then customize the properties of the
buffer.
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
<a name="creating-and-destroying-buffers"></a>Creating and destroying buffers</h2></div></div></div>
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- As we saw in our initial example, a buffer is created and
+ As we saw in our <span class="emphasis"><em>Getting Started</em></span> example, a
+ buffer is created and
initialized with <code class="literal">hb_buffer_create()</code>. This
produces a new, empty buffer object, instantiated with some
default values and ready to accept your Unicode strings.
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- Harfbuzz manages the memory of objects that it creates (such as
- buffers), so you don't have to. When you have finished working on
+ HarfBuzz manages the memory of objects (such as buffers) that it
+ creates, so you don't have to. When you have finished working on
a buffer, you can call <code class="literal">hb_buffer_destroy()</code>:
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This will destroy the object and free its associated memory -
unless some other part of the program holds a reference to this
- buffer. If you acquire a Harfbuzz buffer from another subsystem
+ buffer. If you acquire a HarfBuzz buffer from another subsystem
and want to ensure that it is not garbage collected by someone
else destroying it, you should increase its reference count:
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