Displays text on Framebuffer device. It uses iconv program to convert input file. Supports RTL viewing (fribidi used). Limited UI (only space, ESC,r,w works now). Arabic & Hebrew support, handles 2-byte encoding. NEW: added SDL support, mingw compilable.

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Arabic text with word wrap Hello in various languages 2 Poem, Translation to English would help Arabic in fbtext Hello in various languages 1

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GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2)

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Operating Systems

Linux

User Interface

Framebuffer

Programming Language

C++

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C++ Image Viewers

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2007-01-22
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