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Questions tagged [arabic]

Questions relating to the Arabic language, fonts ... or even other languages which use Arabic script like Persian, Urdu...

Consider adding RTL tag if it is common with Right-to-Left languages (BiDirection, Shaping, Display...), and Unicode tag if it is common with language written using Non-ASCII letters (Unicode input,...)

Unlike other RTL languages (ex: Hebrew), Arabic is a cursive script. Letters are written connected so same letter may have more than 4 glyphs as some combinations has specific glyphs. So Arabic has additional specific issues. Such example, Arabic text should be in the normalized form before processing (Indexing...)

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How to enable Arabic support in GNOME terminal?

I'm trying to write Arabic in the terminal app but it does not recognize right-to-left text and does not bind the Arabic letters together as it should. I tried this solution https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vte/+bug/263822 but it did not…
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Ubuntu 18.04 Doesn't actually change the language for input

I am trying to type in Arabic as well as in English. I set up the Arabic keyboard using the following steps: Settings -> Region & Language -> + -> Arabic I also added Arabic (QWERTY) just to check. After doing that I get the little switcher on the…
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How to type in Arabic in LibreOffice

I used to write and read .odf and .doc files in Arabic on my laptop and then suddenly one day LibreOffice stopped reading and writing in Arabic. I can normally write in Arabic in the browser for example or in other programs but if I for example copy…
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How to read ANSI encoded files in the right way?

I have some files that Ubuntu can't read it ( ANSI encoding ) but Windows can read it well. When I open it in gedit or notepad++ it seems like this : Êã ÇáÊÍæíá áÜÜ How can I make Ubuntu read ANSI encoded files well?
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How can I install a complete Arabic font?

I have installed Arabic language support using the language tool, but I am still unable to get this page to render correctly: http://www.iamcal.com/understanding-bidirectional-text/ Which fonts do I need to install to stop seeing squares instead of…
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Right-to-Left script fail with Flash Player

I am continuing an abandoned thread Arabic reading error, since it was not solved. I'm using Ubuntu 10.04, Firefox 3.6.14. I've checked for Flash Player, I have the recent version installed. In the Flash Player window arabic script appears in wrong…
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Arabic reading error

I can't read Arabic correctly (from Right to Left) when using Firefox to open Flash websites in Ubuntu 10.10 example: http://www.fpnp.net/ Please I need help, thanks...
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Is there an Anglicized transliteration IME for typing Arabic?

In IBus Preferences, Hindi has 5 different IMEs (Input Method Editors), some of which utilize Anglicized transliteration schemes.. ie. they use the Latin alphabet keys on a US keyboard to represent semi-equivalent sounds between the two languages...…
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How to enable Ubuntu to read/play Arabic subtitles?

I can't watch any movie with Arabic subtitles, I have tried to open the sub file and it displayed as all Chinese characters. How can I get Arabic subtitles working?
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How do I grep for arabic characters with diacritical marks?

I have large TXT files in arabic Tashkil and I'm trying to find lines that contain specific pattern mashkula with َ ً ُ ٌ ّ ْ ٍ , I've tried the following grep syntax: cat file.txt | grep "اهلا" This returns nothing until I insert Tashkil…
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Gnome shell inverted clock

Here is how the clock appears in my gnome shell: Even though I'm using the Arabic language, this is not how the clock should be displayed. Previously, it worked well but now I don't know what happened. Note: the clock still works well (currently:…
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How can I disable gedit's behaviour of right-aligning Arabic text?

If I open a new document in Gedit and I type a line in English, followed by a line in Arabic, Gedit is very smart and makes the line in English right-aligned, and it makes the Arabic left-aligned, as you can see in this screenshot: It's not just…
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Make Ubuntu compatible with Arabic language

I have installed Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and I want to make Ubuntu compatible with Arabic language Can you help me please
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how to make Ubuntu compatible with arabic

I'm a newbie to Ubuntu. Is there some way to make Ubuntu compatible with Arabic language? I don't mean the keyboard layouts , I mean when open an exiting windows text file it's like this: But when I create, type, save, re-open the text file Arabic…
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How to properly orient the cursor for typing in Arabic?

Whenever I am typing in Arabic, the cursor skips to the beginning of the line because if it were written from left to right, that would be where I last typed. How can I fix that?
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