Re: Display Persian characters under Linux

[N.R.Liwal]

I recommend that you have look at ArabicTex or write to   Prof. Klaus Lagally     Institut fuer Informatik     Universitaet Stuttgart     Breitwiesenstrasse 20-22     D-70565 Stuttgart     GERMANY     [EMAIL PROTECTED] he did some work on ArabicTex, he might be of help.   Liwal ----- Original Message ----- From: Darya Said-Akbari To: Unicode List Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 4:22 PM Subject: Display Persian characters under Linux Hi, this is my firts email to the Unicode email list. There is a lot I want to learn from you all. So even if my questions are sometimes stupid, nevertheless I like to read your answer on all issues. My goal turning my interest on Unicode is to get Persian letters on my Monitor and into a database lets say in Oracle8i. The operating system will be Linux. So, what I have done until now is to buy the Unicode Standard 3.0. But that is not enough and therefore I need your help. What steps do I have to do to get my dream real. Yes, I have several character sets on my machine but they are all european one. And honestly I am a little bit afraid to touch them, since I dont know the different between a character set and unicode. Reading the first pages of the book, makes me more confuse. There is something talken about rendering. It seems when I use the ARABIC letters I have to concern on rendering. Is there anybody who can give me a quickstart to get rid of confusing charsets, unicode, rendering etc.? I know I have to put more time on this issue and I am prepared for this. But a little success would really motivate me. best regards Darya Said-Akbari