Re: emacs-bidi workaround package (2002-07-25)

[Anas Nashif <nashif at planux dot com>]

On Fri, 2002-07-26 at 18:05, Nadim Shaikli wrote:

> > Any idea why i am getting squares instead of fonts! :-(
> > I did load the fonts and followed the instruction on the web page, but
> > with no luck...
> 
> Make sure that the font file you are using has Arabic glyphs within it :-)
> 

Well, I am using the fonts available from 
	http://www.m17n.org/emacs-bidi/index.html
and they have arabic as far as I know. 
> There's nothing abnormal to the instructions noted on the m17n - worst come
> to worst read the vim README file and note special attention to the discussion
> and points related to the 'xset' command.  Also make sure you are in the dir
> with the fonts.dir file before you do the " xset +fp `pwd` " otherwise use
> the full dir pathname in lieu of the "pwd".
> 

And the fonts are loaded (checked with xlsfonts)

The question is, are these fonts being used by default when you switch
to arabic in emacs or do I have to enable them somehow!!
I use Emacs on a daily basis but never bothered to explore the hidden
world of it, so I might be missing something here...

Thanks
Anas