From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#24724: 25.1; Arabic Printing Problem Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 18:44:53 +0300 Message-ID: <83bmyhwtje.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87r37d1vc6.fsf@fcih.net> <83eg3dwva7.fsf@gnu.org> <87a8e18tm7.fsf@fcih.net> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1476805646 15240 195.159.176.226 (18 Oct 2016 15:47:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 15:47:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 24724@debbugs.gnu.org To: Waleed Yousef Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 18 17:47:22 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bwWbh-0002NH-Jo for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2016 17:47:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42356 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bwWbj-0003kv-PN for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2016 11:47:15 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40005) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bwWad-0003A7-K1 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2016 11:46:12 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bwWaX-0008Ut-VM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2016 11:46:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:60294) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bwWaX-0008Uf-T5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2016 11:46:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bwWaX-0005NQ-KU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2016 11:46:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 15:46:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 24724 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 24724-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B24724.147680551820611 (code B ref 24724); Tue, 18 Oct 2016 15:46:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 24724) by debbugs.gnu.org; 18 Oct 2016 15:45:18 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38251 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bwWZq-0005MN-F0 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2016 11:45:18 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:48664) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bwWZo-0005MA-A5 for 24724@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2016 11:45:16 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bwWZi-0008G1-9v for 24724@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2016 11:45:11 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:37052) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bwWZi-0008Fw-7I; Tue, 18 Oct 2016 11:45:10 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:1295 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1bwWZh-0005zO-Gd; Tue, 18 Oct 2016 11:45:09 -0400 In-reply-to: <87a8e18tm7.fsf@fcih.net> (message from Waleed Yousef on Tue, 18 Oct 2016 17:17:04 +0000) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:124634 Archived-At: > From: Waleed Yousef > Cc: 24724@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 17:17:04 +0000 > > I just want to be able to print Arabic buffers to pdf or to printer. I > searched alot and then found the .emacs snippet that I included in my > email. If there is another easier way that will be great. So you are saying that djvmono.bdf font (or maybe BDF fonts in general) make the bidirectional text look in the correct order, while other fonts don't? My guess would be that Ghostscript is reordering the text, I see a bidi module in its sources. So I think the key to this puzzle is to use Ghostscript.