Re: Arabic vim/mlterm on OS X

[Oibane <pflm52td at w6 dot dion dot ne dot jp>]

Hi, Kenneth Reid Beesley. I don't know OS X at all, but your story
sounds quite UNIX-ish, so maybe I can be a bit of help. I'm a Linux user.

Usually you have to specify fonts for mlterm. Write in .mlterm/font:
ISO10646_UCS4_1=-arabeyes-fixed-medium-r-normal--20-200-75-75-c-100-iso10646-1;
Or you may prefer:
ISO10646_UCS4_1=-misc-dejavu sans-medium-r-*-iso10646-1;
To obtain it, search for "dejavu font". To install, do:
$ ttmkfdir (or mkfontscale, whichever you have) 
$ mkfontdir
$ xset ...

Other options for mlterm looks Ok.

My site, "Oibane's Arabic on Linux" may help:
http://www.k2.dion.ne.jp/~oibane/aonl/en/index.htm
http://www.k2.dion.ne.jp/~oibane/aonl/en/mlterm.htm

I don't know vim either.

Good day,
Oibane.