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diff --git a/README-HEBREW b/README-HEBREW new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2f740ae2 --- /dev/null +++ b/README-HEBREW @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +Hebrew support in irssi +----------------------- + +Before you can enjoy IRCing in Hebrew, you need to get two other things. + +1. FriBidi, a free implementation of the Unicode BiDi algorithm). + See http://imagic.weizmann.ac.il/~dov/freesw/FriBidi/ + +2. hebxfonts, a collection of Unicode-encoded Hebrew fonts along + with the keyboard mappings to use them (the right Alt key will be + configured to generate Hebrew characters). + See http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/X11/fonts/ + +After you get these two, you should be ok to go. To enable the Hebrew +support, specify --enable-gtk-hebrew=<path>. If the path starts with a +tilde (~), it is taken relative to your home directory. Here's a good +idea: + + configure --enable-gtk-hebrew=~/.gnome/irssi-hebrew.gtkrc + +After compiling and installing, you should copy the supplied gtkrc +file to where you told the program it would find it. Say you're at the +root of the irssi source tree, typing: + + cp src/gui-gnome/irssi-hebrew.gtkrc ~/.gnome/irssi-hebrew.gtkrc + +would do the trick. + +One last configuration task is done from within irssi. Fire it up, +then go to the preferences dialog box and select a Hebrew font. +(e.g., -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-*-120-*-*-c-*-iso8859-8) + +The Hebrew support is not complete; it works as expected (ie, reversing +stuff with the FriBidi thingy) for the text entry field and for the +output text. In other places, you may see Hebrew characters, only +going left-to-right; in yet other places, you may not see Hebrew at all. + +I have no intention of making this any better; comprehensive support +for Hebrew should come from within the GTK+ widget set, and not by +patching applications. + + +Ronen Tzur <rtzur@shani.net> |