Am 2008-02-07 08:20:53, schrieb Ron Johnson: > On 02/07/08 07:29, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > There are still the same amount > > of letters, in fact, when typing Arabic one does not pay attention to > > the way the letters flow into one another. The OS does that part > > automatically assuming that a supportive font is installed. > > Interesting. But it seems to make console apps difficult. If the console app is using "libfribidi" (as I use it) and the right console font is installed then you can read farsi (my mother language) arabic and hebrew in mutt and of cource from Right-To-Left (RTL). > > Hebrew, on > > the other hand, has final letters that are used only on the end of > > words, like capital letters in English at the beginning of sentences. > > And like English capitals, the user must specify that [s]he wants a > > final letter with the appropriate key. Being how there are only five > > of those (in addition to 22 regular Hebrew letters) the alphabet the > > becomes 27 letters: only one more than English. And farsi has 4 letters more then arabic (24=>28) > Also interesting. :-) > What about the "dots". Is that just a figment of misunderstanding? The dots are brain-crackers... (I trying to learn hebrew... since 10 years!) Thanks, Greetings and nice Day Michelle Konzack Systemadministrator Tamay Dogan Network Debian GNU/Linux Consultant -- Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org/ ##################### Debian GNU/Linux Consultant ##################### Michelle Konzack Apt. 917 ICQ #328449886 50, rue de Soultz MSN LinuxMichi 0033/6/61925193 67100 Strasbourg/France IRC #Debian (irc.icq.com)
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