Re: [Mlterm-dev-en] font error

[MINAMI H. <mi...@mi...>]

ghita tijani wrote:
>  I am using mandriva 2007. I installed mlterm as I need to be able to edit
 > both english and arabic. when I open a file with arabic script in it I ge
 > the following error messages.
...
> font -misc-sazanami gothic-medium-r-normal-*-*-140-*-*-c-*-jisx0208.1983-0 couln't be loaded.
>  font -misc-ar pl new sung-medium-r-normal-*-*-140-*-*-c-*-gbk-0 couln't be loaded.
>  font -misc-ar pl new sung-medium-r-normal-*-*-140-*-*-c-*-gb2312.1980-0 couln't be loaded.

Hmm, Mandriva seems to shipping mlterm with their own font configuration
which tries to use Japanese/Chinese fonts.
When you need only English and Arabic, the warnings should be harmless.

However, to use Arabic, you need a font which supports Arabic.

Though I'm not familiar with Mandriva, general information
about how to configure mlterm with Arabic fonts may be found
on the web:
http://www.k2.dion.ne.jp/~oibane/aonl/en/mlterm.htm
http://www.arabeyes.org/download/documents/howto/arabic-howto-en/xwindows.html
http://faculty.washington.edu/heer/enablingarabic.htm

minami