[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 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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