From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 17 02:57:30 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42ED937B401 for ; Thu, 17 Jul 2003 02:57:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from priv-edtnes11-hme0.telusplanet.net (outbound03.telus.net [199.185.220.222]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7412943FA3 for ; Thu, 17 Jul 2003 02:57:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from viktorlazlo@telus.net) Received: from njamn8or ([66.183.125.19]) by priv-edtnes11-hme0.telusplanet.netESMTP <20030717095728.CYNQ7268.priv-edtnes11-hme0.telusplanet.net@njamn8or>; Thu, 17 Jul 2003 03:57:28 -0600 Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 02:57:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Viktor Lazlo X-X-Sender: viktorlazlo@njamn8or.no-ip.org To: rani ahmad In-Reply-To: <20030717094302.18694.qmail@web41303.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <20030717025404.D4775@njamn8or.no-ip.org> References: <20030717094302.18694.qmail@web41303.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to type Arabic? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 09:57:30 -0000 On Thu, 17 Jul 2003, rani ahmad wrote: > how can i type arabic both on console and on > X-windows? > i am using FreeBSD 4.7 and KDE as a desktop. it's Ok > if there is support for arabic on GNOME. i need only > to type on OpenOffice also. all i want is just typing. > thnaks. BSD rocks more than Lin. Setting up the OS itself for Arabic should be covered at least in a general way in the Handbook (Chapter 14 Localization). OpenOffice also includes setup routines for different languages, presumably Arabic is included in that as well. Cheers, Viktor