[Pidgin] #2966: Under Vista, Hebrew does not work in most places in the UI

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#2966: Under Vista, Hebrew does not work in most places in the UI
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  Reporter:  kopo             |       Owner:  datallah                           
      Type:  defect           |      Status:  new                                
  Priority:  minor            |   Milestone:                                     
 Component:  winpidgin (gtk)  |     Version:  2.1.1                              
Resolution:                   |    Keywords:  windows vista hebrew ui fonts segoe
   Pending:  1                |  
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Comment (by okravetz):

 I'm having this same issue, but I have a question: where can I find the
 pango.aliases file in Windows Vista?
 Or do I just have to wait till the issue is fixed in some future version
 of Pidgin?

 Replying to [comment:1 datallah]:
 > You've gotten it exactly right; GTK+ has no idea which fonts to use
 unless it is told.  The MS-Windows GTK+ theme will use the default Windows
 font, but there is no capability to use Windows' fallback mechanism when
 there are missing glyphs.
 >
 > The way to fix this is to edit the `pango.aliases` file and to include
 the necessary fonts in the alias lists there.
 >
 >  Instead of editing the global pango.aliases file which will be replaced
 >  when the GTK+ Runtime is upgraded, you should copy it to your home
 >  directory and edit it there:
 >  * `%USERPROFILE%.pango.aliases`
 >  '''NOTE the leading '.' as it is necessary'''; Windows Explorer will
 not
 >  let you create a file with that name - you'll need to rename it from a
 cmd
 >  prompt or through a text editor.
 >
 > Let me know which font(s) you need to add and I'll include them in the
 distributed pango.aliases file.

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