> On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 05:21:39AM +0300, Shaul Karl wrote: > > [05:09:10 tmp]$ grep-available -PX xfonts-intl-arabic > > Package: xfonts-intl-arabic > > Which are couple of fonts in an Emacs-only encoding, not useful > outside of Emacs. > > > Please note that in general Linux distros have problems with Arabic that > > are > > much severe then the fonts issue: > > The right to left (RTL) direction and the changing of the font according to > > context (or something similar) are way from being solved, especially, but > > not > > limited to, text consoles. And these are far difficult problems then one > > might > > think at first look. > > For a large set of programs, the solution is using QT 3.0 or libgtk 2.4 > (or is it 3.0?).
I still do not find it satisfactory, mostly because it is not part of the native Unix environment and as such not suited for console apps. > > > Hopefully you will find interest in the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing > > list. > > Although it is administrated by an Israeli volunteers, it does have > > participants from other countries. And this is because the RTL problem is > > shared among Arabic and Hebrew. > > But RTL is only a part of the problem. Arabeyes is a much better site > for general Arabization, including Arabic font making. > > -- > David Starner - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Pointless website: http://dvdeug.dhis.org > When the aliens come, when the deathrays hum, when the bombers bomb, > we'll still be freakin' friends. - "Freakin' Friends" > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
