Re: [linuxiran] Fwd: kasi inja mitone be man komak kone?

[Aryan Ameri]

On Wednesday 15 January 2003 14:01, Arash Bijanzadeh wrote:
> I did already!
>
> On Wednesday 15 January 2003 13:33, Arash Zeini wrote:
> > > salam
> > >
> > >
> > > I use  Linux Mandrake 9.0 and i can''t type farsi ,
> > > who can help me? to find out how i can type farsi in
> > > linux Mandarke 9.0 <br />
> > > thank u <br />
> > > Stay Cool:)
> > >
> > > emad
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Forwarding this on behalf of a new member. Can
> > somebody help him?

Yup, I was sitting next to Arash B when he wrote an email to emad and adviced 
him on how to type farsi. but maybe emad didn't receive that email, or maybe 
Arash B's instructions were (as always) a little 
Everybody-Must-Know-This-Thing , so I am gonna repeat what Arash B wrote, in 
my own language, mind you.

First of all emad, I don't have a Mandrake 9.0 in my hand right now, so I am 
not completely sure, if they haven't done anything as wierd as removing the K 
Control Center. But Assuming that they haven't done such an evil thing, I 
think these general tips should work for everybody. I know that mandrake 9.0 
has got KDE 3.0 and XFree86 4.2.1 so generally speaking, you shouldn't have 
any problem writing in farsi.

Second thing is that these instructions are all, in case you use KDE. If you 
use Gnome, or any other window manager in fact, you have two options: 1. 
Switch to KDE and 2. Forget about the whole farsi thing.

now that you use KDE, open control center (it is accesible via the K menu), 
then go to pripheral section, and then the keyboard section. Then open the 
layout tab, and enable keyboard layouts. after that select farsi as your 
primary layout, and basic as your variant. Then go to options tab, and in 
last entry, where it says group shift/lock behaviour, select Alt+Shift 
changes group. click on apply and the close the control center. You might 
need to restart X for settings to take effect.

Now it's time to get a Unicode font. The font that I suggest is Arial Unicode 
MS, which is download able from farsikde website. after downloading this 
font, open K control cnetre again, go to the adminstratrive section and 
select font installer. ( my previous experience with mandrake shows that they 
have removed this section and instead have added it to their own mandrake 
control center. If you don't have a font installer in your K control center, 
then look for it in mandrake control center). Now you should be adminstrator 
(have root previlages), and now install the font. Then again form the K 
control center, go to appearence, and go to the font section, and choose 
Arial Unicode MS as your default font. click on apply and close control 
center.

Now everything should be in place, and you shall be able to write farsi in 
some KDE applications, like Kedit, KMail, Konqueror, and KWord (the whole 
KOffice in fact). There you are. 

BTW, the keyboard layout that comes with XFree86 4.2.1 is alright, but it 
doesn't have farsi numbers. If you want a better keyboard layout, you shall 
get on from farsikde website, and then replace your layout with this one. 
That shall do the trick

Cheers
Aryan


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