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Re: [developers] xkb keyboard layout vs. input methods im-chooser



It does work with mlterm too, the problem was in my configuration. 
You will need to add 'GTK_IM_MODULE="xim"' to your ~/.xsessionrc or the
system wide file. 

On Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 03:05:43PM +0300, Khaled Hosny wrote:
> I found a workaround using X composite keys, it might not be an optimum
> solution but it does work with GTK/QT apps at least (but not with mlterm).
> 
> Add the following lines to "/usr/share/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8/Compose":
> <UFEFB> :       "لا" # LAM WITH ALEF
> <UFEF7> :       "لأ" # LAM WITH ALEF WITH HAMZA ABOVE
> <UFEF9> :       "لإ" # LAM WITH ALEF WITH HAMZA BELOW
> <UFEF5> :       "لآ" # LAM WITH ALEF WITH MADDA ABOVE
> 
> Then edit "/usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/ara" and look for the relevant
> lines, replace VoidSymbol in your file with the corresponding code
> point, so that it looks like:
> ...
> key <AD05> { [Arabic_feh,  0x100FEF9] };
> ...
> key <AC05> { [Arabic_lam,  0x100FEF7] };
> ...
> key <AB05> { [0x100FEFB,   0x100FEF5] };
> 
> Then you will need to tell GTK to use XIM:
> export GTK_IM_MODULE="xim"
> 
> You might need this with QT too (worked without this on my system):
> export QT_IM_MODULE="xim"
> 
> Regards,
>  Khaled
> 
> On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 10:59:25PM +0300, Muayyad AlSadi wrote:
> > B and G are disabled in arabic keyboard layout
> > in the new ubuntu and fedora
> > 
> > so does this also applies to input methods
> > 
> > have't any one involved with input methods and arabic
> > 
> > does they support لا
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> -- 
>  Khaled Hosny
>  Arabic localizer and member of Arabeyes.org team

-- 
 Khaled Hosny
 Arabic localizer and member of Arabeyes.org team

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