Hi
On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, Tizmo wrote:
> hi, i am trying to use hebrew fonts in console.
> i am using mandrake 7.1.
> i saw in the site the command:
> consolechars --tty $tty -f iso08.f16-m iso08 -u iso08
^^ (a missing space)
Actually mandrake's init scripts *should* have already done this (in
/sbin/setsysfont called from /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit , on my Mandrake 7.0
system here). I guess some work is still needed.
> i use that command.. and it worked but not all the way..
> after i use this command i can use hebrew chars in console but i see it all from the
>end to the beginning...
> something like, if i type: "tizmo" i'll see in the prompt: "omzit".
> someone can please help me and tell me how can i fix it ?
Hmmm... As you probably know, those wierd greeks decided (when they copied
the alpeh-bet) that it should be written from left to right, and not the
other way around. Since most of the world agrees with them -- your
computer shows Hebrew text "reflected".
One spesific program that handles this for the console is acon (Arab
CONsole). Get the rpm package from Mandrake (version >= 1.04, currently on
cooker, and on 7.2 beta) which contains support for Hebrew that the author
did not want to accept .
> and another thing.. i also like to use BitchX with the hebrew fonts..
> if someone can help.. please do.
Is BitchX a terminal program (can run in the console or in an xterm) ? In
this case - All you have to do is set the font of the console or the xterm
window.
If it is an X app - it surely has a way to set up fonts (maybe look in the
man page for an "-fn" switch or something similar).
--
Tzafrir Cohen
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