[Pidgin] #5637: Arabic script gets represented as numbered blocks
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Tue Apr 29 17:17:46 EDT 2008
#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 hippocampa):
* pending: 1 => 0
Comment:
Now we're getting somewhere!
I noticed a sharp increase in readible posts with adding the entire list
of Arabic fonts on that page, but still 75% in blocks. So what I did was
add Arial as an alias. Now, I seem to have 90%. This is workable!
However, it still is a bit of a puzzling thing that the copy of the exact
same text copied to notebook DOES. It appears therewith not to be a Vista
problem. A bug, after all, but the workaround works.
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To summarise, so next time people don't have to wrestle through all the
messages ;-)
So, your Arabic script appears in blocks!
Go to the disk on which Vista installed, \Program files\Common
files\GTK\2.0\etc\pango
There you open the file pango.aliases with notebook.
what you see is a list of fonts and their aliases in the format
"Fontname"="alias fontname,other alias fontname,yet another alias
fontname"
Now, for the font of your choice in pidgin, you add the arabic fonts AND
arial.
So, supppose you are using Segoe UI, you change the default line to
"segoe ui" = "segoe ui,meiryo,malgun gothic,microsoft jhenghei,microsoft
yahei,gisha,leelawadee,andalus,Arabic Typesetting,Microsoft
Uighur,Simplified Arabic,Traditional Arabic,Arial"
(you can copy and paste that)
Now, you cannot save the file in the current location. Your local
pango.aliases should go in %USERPROFILE% (you can type that in the
explorer address bar to take you to the right place).
And Bob's your uncle, or Mohamed as things go. Cheers!
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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/5637#comment:14>
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