I'm using Xterm.
On 6/11/05, Mohammed Sameer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 12:29:02PM +0530, Gaurav Jain wrote:
> > Yes, this time it worked! In fact even without setting the font to
> > the Code2000 font for the GtkEntry, I'm able to type Arabic text into
> > the entry. Thanks so much for your help!
> >
> > One think I still wish to know is why I'm unable to type on the
> > terminal window. Is it possible to enable keyboard layout for only my
> > GTK application?
> >
>
> What's the terminal you are using ?
>
> > Thanks again,
> > Gaurav
> >
> > On 6/9/05, Alem Dain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Ah, it's a mistake I make all the time. When I said "en" it should
> > > have been "us". The setxkbmap command is actually:
> > >
> > > setxkbmap -rules xfree86 -model pc104 -layout us,ar
> > >
> > > possibly with -option grp:menu_toggle if that's what you want. This
> > > is why you were getting "Error loading keyboard description": there is
> > > no "en" layout. Anyway, try this out. If it still doesn't work, let
> > > me know. Note that most likely, you do not want to be typing these
> > > things in a terminal... something like a GtkEntry, however, will
> > > certainly produce proper text.
> > >
> > > The other thing to do, of course, is tell GTK that you want to use a
> > > font that supports Arabic. You do something like this:
> > >
> > > {
> > > PangoFontDescription *font;
> > > GtkEntry *entry;
> > > font = pango_font_description_from_string("Code2000");
> > > entry = gtk_entry_new();
> > > gtk_widget_modify_font(entry, font);
> > > }
> > >
> > > Just a note, I've noticed that other Unicode X fonts (such as, for
> > > example, whatever GTK uses by default) seem to support Arabic as well;
> > > you may want to try them also. This might just be me, since I've
> > > install a hajillion extra fonts on my system....
> > >
> > > Anyway, the above bits *should* do it for you. To summarize, use
> > > setxkbmap (I can't speak for any KDE-controlpanel-setting-thingy) to
> > > make sure your keyboard does what you want, and use
> > > PangoFontDescription to make sure you have are using a font that can
> > > handle.
> > >
> > > Salaam,
> > > Adam.
> > >
> > > On 6/8/05, Gaurav Jain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > 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
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