[Kde-i18n-fa] How to print farsi documents

Fri Sep 17 23:13:08 CEST 2004

On Friday 17 September 2004 20:15, Medi Montaseri wrote:
> I'm also noticing that kwrite(1) cursor positioning is not correct.
> That is while I'm typing
> in Farsi, the cursor is to the far right of the text, but for each
> keystrock, the char is inserted
> to the far left. Effectively what you get is a left justified
> text....
>
> Is this a configuration issue or bug with kwrite(1).

Yes, Kwrite and Kate I think still have problems with BiDi text. There=20
was a bug on KDE relating to this, but the KDE guys wanted input from=20
Persian and Arabic users to fix it for KDE 3.3, and no one gave them=20
any feedback, so they dropped the issue, and didn't fix it.

Kedit should work flawlessly though. It is ofcourse nothing but a very=20
simple editor.

Cheers
> Aryan Ameri wrote:
> >On Thursday 16 September 2004 19:43, Medi Montaseri wrote:
> >>Thanks Arash jan....
> >>
> >>Looks like gedit(1) was the problem, I tried kedit(1) but when I
> >>attempted to switch my keyboard
> >>via "Alt-Shift", kedit(1) seg-faulted.
> >
> >From KDE 3.2, Alt-Shift isn't working properly, not at-least for me.
> >
> >>I then moved to kwrite(1)
> >>which works but I get the following
> >>error constantly for every key stroke
> >>
> >>ASSERT: "width" in katerenderer.cpp (675)
> >>ASSERT: "width" in katerenderer.cpp (675)
> >>ASSERT: "width" in katerenderer.cpp (675)
> >>ASSERT: "width" in katerenderer.cpp (675)
> >>ASSERT: "width" in katerenderer.cpp (675)
> >>ASSERT: "width" in katerenderer.cpp (675)
> >>
> >>I did manage to print using kwrite(1).
> >>
> >>Any ideas on why I'm getting this assertion ?
> >>
> >>Thanks guys....I've been waiting for this revelution (Farsi on
> >> Linux) for years....
> >
> >umm, it has been available now, for a couple of years, albeit with
> > its own problems.
> >
> >>PS: how do I write an HTML file, could I just use kwrite, provide
> >> the HTML tags in English
> >>and put my content by switching to Farsi and then end-tags in
> >>English...
> >
> >Yes, generally that's what you should do. Also in the <head> of your
> >html file, specify encoding as UTF-8, and also using whatever
> > editor, make sure that when you are saving your document, the
> > editor saves its contents using utf-8 encoding.
> >
> >It is ofcourse easier said than done. In practice, mixing english
> > and farsi text will cause you so many peculiar and weird problems,
> > that you rarely get the formatting that you like. I have produced a
> > couple of persian html pages, and it takes me trice the amount of
> > time to produce a persian html page, relative to a comparable
> > english document.
> >
> >>Arash Zeini wrote:
> >>>We have been using (Farsi)KDE successfully to print documents in
> >>>Farsi as well as other languages on network printers using CUPS.
> >>>
> >>>This is not a KDE related problem. It looks to me like the
> >>>GnomePrintCupsPlugin has a problem. Can you print your documents
> >>>using KDE applications like KEdit, KWrite, KOffice or applications
> >>>like OO.org?
> >>>
> >>>Greetings,
> >>>Arash
> >>>
> >>>In a message dated Thursday 16 September 2004 02:09, Medi
> >>> Montaseri
> >
> >wrote:
> >>>>I am using gedit(1) and have a linux KDE and have couple of
> >>>> network printers on my LAN.
> >>>>
> >>>>I was wondering how to I print my document to these printers.
> >>>>Currently when I print or do a
> >>>>print preview from gedit, I see bunch of non-printables chars.
> >>>>
> >>>>I do get the following messages from gedit(1)
> >>>>
> >>>>(gedit:12099): GnomePrintCupsPlugin-WARNING **: iconv does not
> >>>>support ppd character encoding: ISOLatin1, trying CSISOLatin1
> >>>>Model not found, discarding config
> >>>>Model not found, discarding config
> >>>>
> >>>>Is there any HOW-TO for the printing part of Farsi KDE
> >>>> environment. I have a feeling, some print spooler filter needs
> >>>> to translate the content to Postscript or whatever
> >>>>the printer understand.
> >>>>
> >>>>Thanks
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