On 10/20/07, أحمد المحمودي <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > as-salamu alaykom, > > On Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 02:49:23PM +0200, Khaled Hosny wrote: > > Use left alt-shift, right alt-shift won't work (I have no idea why), I > > think BiCon is not maintained any more, looks like people are giving > > up with Arabic terminals. > > Neither left nor right alt-shift work ! > > > I think debian doesn't allow running "loadkeys" for normal users, look > > at bicon script, it'll give you an idea about what it is trying to do. > > I usually use my distro's admin tools to set and Arabic capable > > terminal font and keymap, then run bicon.bin directly. > I tried 'loadkeys /usr/share/bicon/keymaps/arabic.map.gz' I get the > following: > > Loading /usr/share/bicon/keymap/arabic.map.gz > Segmentation fault (core dumped) > > It core dumped when I ran it as root too. Maybe that's why the alt-shift > isn't working ? > Apparently yes, you didn't load the keymp in order to switch layouts.
> > > 2. BiCon doesn't update the windowsize when gnome-terminal gets resized. > > Even in linux console, it assumes a fixed columns and rows number, I > > do use "resize" utility that comes with xterm as a workaround. > In linux virtual console, there's a window that is resized, but in > xterms (like gnome-terminal?) the terminal window can be resized. And > the 'resize' utility is not a practical solution, because what if I > resize the terminal while some app. is running (like elinks), that > means, I should close 'elinks', run resize, then run 'elinks' again. > Btw, 'resize' is not needed, I found this in my .bashrc which > automatically updates LINES & COLUMNS values: > > shopt -s checkwinsize > > But again, if I in a bicon environment, I'll have to close the running > app & open it again, so that the LINES & COLUMNS updated values have > their effect. > I was suggesting it as a workaround, it is a bug in bicon, but unless someone volunteers to fix it, you'll have to live with it. > > > 3. While typing arabic text, joining & RTL is not done. Please see > > > typing_arabic.png which is a screenshot of what happens when I type > > > arabic in a vim session (same thing happens in mutt and elinks). > > I failed to get vim to show Arabicx properly with any terminal exept > > mlterm, Arabic is missed in either BiCon or putty's terminal. > > > 6. When viewing an arabic webpage using 'elinks', the page is rendered > > > in the > > > opposite direction to that it should be, attached with this email is > > > elinks.png, which resulted when I browsed to the website > > > http://islammemo.cc. Note that the menu that starts with "أخبار > > > اليوم" is on the left of the webpage, while if you browse that site > > > using Firefox, you'll find that it is on the right of the webpage. > > > Also please note that the terminal tab height became thicker > > > compared to the other screenshots. > > I think this is more an elinks issue, try this in gnome-terminal without > > BiCon. > > I didn't have these problems with 'acon'. > It is bicon bug then. -- Khaled _______________________________________________ Developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/developer
