I'm not an OS-X user, but I'm CC'ing arabeyes' "general" list as I knew of a couple of OS-X lurkers there-in (more below)...
--- Kenneth Reid Beesley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am trying to do the following: > > 1. edit Arabic script on OSX, using vim, running in an mlterm > 2. and use my own Arabic keymap > > So far I haven't quite got it right. I'm a beginner to vim and mlterm, and > any advice would be much appreciated. > > Here's what I've done so far (OS X version 10.4.8) > > a. installed new Xcode > b. installed MacPorts (formerly DarwinPorts) > c. using MacPorts, and your instructions from 1 May 2002 in "mlterm - > the holy grail", > installed fribidi and mlterm > > sudo port install mlterm +bidi > (this installs mlterm with --enable-fribidi) > > I can run > > mlterm -E utf8 -w 20 > > with good results for Latin scripts. > > d. I installed 10x20.bdf and 10x21.pcf in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/arabic/ > cd'ed to that directory and ran > mkfontdir > xset fp+ `pwd` > xset fp rehash > > e. using MacPorts, installed vim > sudo port install vim +multibyte +huge > > (this results in a vim with +arabic support) > > f. Again, I will be running vim in mlterm, so I added the following > to my .vimrc > > " FOR ARABIC (in mlterm) > > " setting termbidi means "I'm using mlterm" (Is this right?) > set termbidi > > " set the overall direction of the text?? > " set rightleft > " set norightleft > > " N.B. the following is ignored with using mlterm (set termbidi) > " set arabicshape > " the mlterm will take care of the shaping > > "my locale is already UTF-8 > set encoding=utf-8 > > " I'll be using my own keymap > "set keymap=arabicB > > " Font > " needed for non-GUI (mlterm)??? I've tried both, so far without success > set guifont=-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--20-200-75-75-c-100-iso10646-1 > "set guifont=-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--20-200-75-75-c-100-arabeyes-1 > " this font is in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/arabic/ > " I put them there and > " cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/arabic/ > " sudo mkfontdir > " xset fp+ `pwd` > " xset fp rehash > > " to set a set of fonts, instead of using 'set guifont' > "set guifontset=firstfont, secondfont > > " end of selection from .vimrc > > ******** > > When I launch vim, inside mlterm, I can do > :set arabic > > to use the built-in keymap or even choose my own keymap > > :set keymap=arabicB > > and when I type, the display goes right to left, but I get empty > rectangles instead of Arabic glyphs. Oddly enough, I DO see > diacritics like fatHa, Damma and kasra, but > not the main letters. > > ************** Questions > > 1. Am I setting the font correctly? I.e. do I set guifont even if > I'm not using the GUI version? Sounds like a font issue to me... > 2. Anything else obviously wrong? > > Thanks for all your work to make Arabic editing possible. We have alot more to do; the vim and mlterm work are far from complete (as you'll see once you get going). Any and all help in those areas would be very welcome. Salam. - Nadim > Sincerely, > > Ken Beesley __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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