Hi, This is likely a FAQ, but I didn't find one for this list, and didn't find answers in other FAQs. I`ll look in the archives of the mailing list, but it`d be good if you could also CC me because I`m not subscribed.
We have visiting professors from Russia that want to type and print texts in Russian. I'm having difficulty to configure a Debian system to permit this. The Russian configuration should be reversible by the user, so it`s not possible to modify system files accessible only to root like the XF86Config. At first I expected that it`d be enough to install cyrillic fonts, locales, set the environment vars and a xmodmap, but it didn`t work. We have Cyrillic fonts installed (it's possible to read Russian in netscape without any special configuration). I also installed the ru_RU ISO-8859-5 locale. My questions are: 1) How to configure for typing? I tried an xmodmap file but it doesn`t switch modes permanently, in spite of being supposed to do so. Where can I find a working xmodmap? I can`t use xkb. Also, this is XFree 3.3.6. 2) How can applications display and accept Russian? Is it enough to set the locale and LANG? Will it work for all applications? I tried an xterm with a cyrillic font and the xmodmap, and managed to type a few cyrillic chars. However it didn`t work with emacs. 3) What about printing? Does gs need some specific fonts? If there`s a recipe for all the above please tell me. Thanks in advance.
