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

[Pidgin]

#2966: Under Vista, Hebrew does not work in most places in the UI
------------------------------+---------------------------------------------
  Reporter:  kopo             |       Owner:  datallah                           
      Type:  defect           |      Status:  reopened                           
  Priority:  minor            |   Milestone:                                     
 Component:  winpidgin (gtk)  |     Version:  2.1.1                              
Resolution:                   |    Keywords:  windows vista hebrew ui fonts segoe
   Pending:  0                |  
------------------------------+---------------------------------------------
Comment (by idangazit):

 This issue is fixed in pango 1.18.4, which allows alias names to be a
 double-quoted string so as to allow spaces (for fonts like "segoe ui").

 I downloaded pango 1.18.4 from
 [http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/downloads.html Tor's site] and copied
 over the existing pango 1.18.3 libs. Added the following line to my
 pango.aliases in %userprofile%:

 {{{"segoe ui" = "segoe ui,dejavu sans,arial,lucida sans unicode"}}}

 Works like a charm! I think the solution is twofold:

  1. Package a new release of the GTK runtime with the updated Pango
  2. Add a line in pango.aliases for commonly "missing" glyphs in segoe
 such as hebrew, CJK, etc -- so users have a good experience out of the box
 on platforms like vista.

-- 
Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/2966#comment:11>
Pidgin <http://pidgin.im>
Pidgin