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| author | Josh Rahm <joshuarahm@gmail.com> | 2023-01-25 18:31:31 +0000 |
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| committer | Josh Rahm <joshuarahm@gmail.com> | 2023-01-25 18:31:31 +0000 |
| commit | 9243becbedbb6a1592208051f8fa2b090dcc5e7d (patch) | |
| tree | 607c2a862ec3f4399b8766383f6f8e04c4aa43b4 /runtime/doc/arabic.txt | |
| parent | 9e40b6e9e1bc67f2d856adb837ee64dd0e25b717 (diff) | |
| parent | 3c48d3c83fc21dbc0841f9210f04bdb073d73cd1 (diff) | |
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/master' into usermarksusermarks
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diff --git a/runtime/doc/arabic.txt b/runtime/doc/arabic.txt index 0df861111c..0a80edb981 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/arabic.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/arabic.txt @@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ It is best to view this file with these settings within VIM's GUI: > :set arabicshape +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Introduction ------------- + Arabic is a rather demanding language in which a number of special features are required. Characters are right-to-left oriented and ought to appear as such on the screen (i.e. from right to left). @@ -34,8 +35,9 @@ The commands, prompts and help files are not in Arabic, therefore the user interface remains the standard Vi interface. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Highlights ----------- + o Editing left-to-right files as in the original Vim hasn't changed. o Viewing and editing files in right-to-left windows. File @@ -64,8 +66,8 @@ o Proper Bidirectional functionality is possible given Vim is started within a Bidi capable terminal emulator. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic Fonts *arabicfonts* ------------- Vim requires monospaced fonts of which there are many out there. Arabic requires ISO-8859-6 as well as Presentation Form-B fonts @@ -75,8 +77,8 @@ Do an Internet search or check www.arabeyes.org for further info on where to obtain the necessary Arabic fonts. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Font Installation ------------------ o Installation of fonts for X Window systems (Unix/Linux) @@ -88,8 +90,9 @@ o Installation of fonts for X Window systems (Unix/Linux) % xset +fp path_name_of_arabic_fonts_directory +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Usage ------ + Prior to the actual usage of Arabic within Vim, a number of settings need to be accounted for and invoked. @@ -259,8 +262,8 @@ o Enable Arabic settings [short-cut] ':set arabicshape' to your vimrc file. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keymap/Keyboard *arabickeymap* ---------------- The character/letter encoding used in Vim is the standard UTF-8. It is widely discouraged that any other encoding be used or even @@ -276,7 +279,7 @@ o Keyboard + CTRL-^ in insert/replace mode toggles between Arabic/Latin mode + Keyboard mapping is based on the Microsoft's Arabic keymap (the - de facto standard in the Arab world): + de facto standard in the Arab world): > +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ |! |@ |# |$ |% |^ |& |* |( |) |_ |+ || |~ ّ | @@ -291,17 +294,18 @@ o Keyboard |Z ~ |X ْ |C { |V } |B لآ |N آ |M ' |< , |> . |? ؟ | |z ئ |x ء |c ؤ |v ر |b لا |n ى |m ة |, و |. ز |/ ظ | +-------------------------------------------------+ +< +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Restrictions ------------- o Vim in its GUI form does not currently support Bi-directionality (i.e. the ability to see both Arabic and Latin intermixed within the same line). +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Known Bugs ----------- There is one known minor bug, |