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On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 11:12:33AM +0530, Viraj Chatterjee wrote:
> It should work with gnome-terminal.
>
> -vc
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gaurav Jain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Mohammed Sameer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 10:53 AM
> Subject: Re: Typing Right-To-Left language characters in GtkEntry
>
>
> 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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> >> > >
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