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Re: [developers] Amsn BiDi support



On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 11:27:17PM +0300, Afief Halumi wrote:
> From their FAQ:
> 
> http://www.amsn-project.net/wiki/FAQ#Why_are_arabic_fonts_displayed_from_left_to_right_instead_of_right_to_left.3F
> 
>  Why are arabic fonts displayed from left to right instead of right to left?
> 
>     * Windows: Go to 'Control Panel' → 'Regional and Language Options'
> → Languages tab, and enable the option "Install files for complex
> scripts and right-to-left languages"
>     * Linux: Installing the Arabic locale should solve this issue.
> 
> Does this help?

aMSN is using tcl/tk which does support Arabic on windows only (I guess
utilizing some system libraries) but not on linux.
If some one wants Arabic in aMSN, then the proper place to ask for that
support is tcl/tk.

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

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