My Inbox Happily Received This From Mohamed Eldesoky @ Wed, 4 Dec 2002 09:40:15 +0200 > http://bugs.xmms.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1123 > > Summary: missing arabic language display support > Product: XMMS > Version: 1.2.7 > Platform: PC > URL: http://www.eldesoky.net/linux/xmms1.png > OS/Version: Linux > Status: NEW > Severity: critical > Priority: Normal > Component: Playlist > AssignedTo: bugs at xmms dot org > ReportedBy: mohamed dot eldesoky at linux-egypt dot org > > > XMMS doesn't display the arabic file names in the playlist or the rolling > title in the main player window. > Also, the file browser can't show arabic file names. > Operating systems ( RH 8.0) supports viewing and writing arabic in both KDE > and GNOME. > This problem is found on all other distributions too. > And the font configuration doesn't show the arabic fonts, so that we can't > choose an arabic font to be used with xmms. > yes, that's because xmms is a gtk 1.x not gtk 2.x application. for it to work, we'll have to modify gtk source for the shaping and BIDI it seeme that no one there @ xmms.org is interested in porting, i was able to compile it against gtk 2 and posted on their forum but NO one offered help in porting, so i just... purjed my work ;) "the same like xchat for example" -- ---------------- -- Katoob Main Developer Linux registered user # 224950 ICQ # 58475622 FIRST make it run, THEN make it run fast "Brian Kernighan".
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