From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Brodbeck Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Arabic font issues Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:26:58 -0700 Message-ID: <24E30F0E-AB71-4A08-B7D7-326FF9069724@u.washington.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1191004067 4660 80.91.229.12 (28 Sep 2007 18:27:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:27:47 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 28 20:27:42 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IbKYt-0002Zx-US for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:27:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IbKYq-0006tf-9t for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:27:36 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IbKYZ-0006tM-8K for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:27:19 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IbKYW-0006sS-JA for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:27:18 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IbKYW-0006sJ-Eh for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:27:16 -0400 Original-Received: from mxout2.cac.washington.edu ([140.142.33.4]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IbKYW-0005Wf-0u for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:27:16 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.139]) by mxout2.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.09) with ESMTP id l8SIR99s002370 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:27:09 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [69.91.158.177] (D-69-91-158-177.dhcp4.washington.edu [69.91.158.177]) (authenticated authid=brodbd) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.09) with ESMTP id l8SIR9uG013148 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:27:09 -0700 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) X-PMX-Version: 5.3.3.310218, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.2.313940, Antispam-Data: 2007.9.28.103748 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='BODY_SIZE_600_699 0, __CP_URI_IN_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __HAS_X_MAILER 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0' X-Detected-Kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:47962 Archived-At: Hopefully this isn't a FAQ. I'm trying to figure out how to get UTF-8 Arabic text to display in Emacs 22.1.1. I currently get hollow boxes instead, which makes me think it's a font issue, but I'm not sure how to correct it. I do have X11 Arabic fonts installed. I'm having this problem both on a RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 system and on a Debian Etch system, so it doesn't seem to be distribution- specific. On the RedHat system I compiled Emacs from source; on the Debian system I used a package from http://emacs.orebokech.com. Any pointers would be appreciated. I tried doing a web search but mostly found references to doing it in Emacs 21.