[Pidgin] #5637: Arabic script gets represented as numbered blocks

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#5637: Arabic script gets represented as numbered blocks
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  Reporter:  hippocampa       |       Owner:  datallah            
      Type:  defect           |      Status:  new                 
  Priority:  minor            |   Milestone:                      
 Component:  winpidgin (gtk)  |     Version:  2.4.1               
Resolution:                   |    Keywords:  arabic blocks coding
   Pending:  1                |  
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Changes (by datallah):

  * pending:  0 => 1

Comment:

 I don't have access to a Vista box for testing this, but after doing some
 more googling, it looks like I might be mistaken about "Segoe UI"
 containing Arabic glyphs (even though the Microsoft
 [http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/arabicdev/Windows/winvista/wPapersvista.aspx
 page about Arabic support] claims it does).

 #2966 talks about tweaking the `pango.aliases` file to add font fallbacks.
 That is what we're going to have to do here too.

 What I would suggest (now that you're using the default "Segoe UI" font)
 is to append a suitable Arabic font to the end of the quoted list on the
 right hand side of the following line in your `pango.aliases` file:
 {{{"segoe ui" = "segoe ui,meiryo,malgun gothic,microsoft
 jhenghei,microsoft yahei,gisha,leelawadee"}}}

 [http://blogs.msdn.com/michkap/archive/2007/02/06/1607855.aspx This
 document] lists 5 Arabic Vista fonts; try starting with "Andalus".  That
 would make the above line become something like:
 {{{"segoe ui" = "segoe ui,meiryo,malgun gothic,microsoft
 jhenghei,microsoft yahei,gisha,leelawadee,andalus"}}}

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