Hello Alem, Thanks for the detailed response. I installed the CODE2000 unicode font that you mentioned according to the rules given at http://eyegene.ophthy.med.umich.edu/unicode/index.html#kdefontinst. ( using the mkfontscale and mkfontdir commands, and then adding the path to /etc/X11/XF86Config).
I then tried to exeute the setxkbmap command that you mentioned, but it failed with the error: "Error loading new keyboard description". I'm using KDE session, so I also tried setting the Keyboard Layout from the "Control Center > Regional & Accessibility > Keyboard Layout" to Arabic. However, if I do that, whatever I type on the terminal is not shown on the screen (it looks like an empty space), and it doesn't even show the square blocks that you mentioned. Have I missed some step here? Thanks again, Gaurav On 6/9/05, Alem Dain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmmm, with almost no work at all, I managed to type right-to-left in > Arabic (not that I know a word of it...) > > For the purpose of input, no locale information is necessary. All you > need is the appropriate keyboard mapping loaded in X, as well an an > Arabic-capable unicode font; Pango knows how to render right-to-left > text. > > More interesting than the version of Linux you are running are the > versions of GTK and Pango. As for the keyboard map, I'm not familiar > with the inner workings of xmodmap; I recommend XKB. You use this > program to dynamically change the keyboard mapping as though you had > edited XF86Config. > > So what I did was functionally equivalent to: > > setxkbmap -rules xfree86 -model pc104 -layout en,ar -option grp:menu_toggle > > Just a quick explanation may be required here. Most likely you will > leave the "rules" and "model" option alone; if you have something > other than a standard keyboard (with the extra Windows keys) you will > want to change that. Unfortunately, I'm not sure where you find a > list of other models. Anyway, the important ones is "layout". It > specifies that the first one should be english (basic), and the > second, arabic (basic). You can have up to for. I like to use the > Menu key to toggle, hence the "-option grp:menu_toggle" bit. > > What I in fact did was ran a little GTK program I've written that does > all these things for me, as well as displaying the current keyboard > layout... whee :) Source code can be provided, fixed bugs would be > most appreciated :) > > .... > > Now, you also need an Arabic capable Unicode font. If you are typing > characters appropriately, but lack the font, you'll see little squares > with four digits in them, representing the otherwise unrepresentable > unicode character. What Unicode font supports Arabic? I use James > Kass's Code2000 (just google for it). It's free, and it also supports > Tengwar (again, whee). I'm sure there are thousands of other fonts > that have Arabic, tho. In fact, in might come with ... whatever X > comes with. > > Hope this helps, > Adam. > > On 6/8/05, Gaurav Jain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I need to enter Right-To-Left language characters (such as Arabic and > > Hebrew) in a GtkEntry widget. I'm using Red Hat Linux 9.0 and have > > logged in the Arabic language session. I then set the locale to > > "ar_SA.utf8". Then I run my small GTK program which has a GtkEntry > > widget. > > > > But I'm stuck at this point where I need an input method to enter the > > arabic characters. Could somebody help? > > > > (I tried using xmodmap to load an arabic keyboard mapping, but then > > nothing happened. I also need to know where I can get arabic fonts > > from, if required). > > > > Thanks, > > Gaurav > > _______________________________________________ > > gtk-app-devel-list mailing list > > gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list > > > _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
