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*arabic.txt* For Vim version 7.0aa. Last change: 2004 Jun 09
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*arabic.txt* For Vim version 7.0aa. Last change: 2005 Mar 29
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VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Nadim Shaikli
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Arabic is a rather demanding language in which a number of special
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features are required. Characters are right-to-left oriented and
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ought to appear as such on the screen (ie. from right to left).
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ought to appear as such on the screen (i.e. from right to left).
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Arabic also requires shaping of its characters, meaning the same
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character has a different visual form based on its relative location
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within a word (initial, medial, final or stand-alone). Arabic also
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o Toggling complete Arabic support via a single command.
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o While in Arabic mode, numbers are entered from left to right. Upon
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o While in Arabic mode, numbers are entered from left to right. Upon
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entering a none number character, that character will be inserted
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just into the left of the last number.
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o Setting the Arabic fonts
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+ For VIM GUI set the 'guifont' to your_ARABIC_FONT. This is done
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+ For VIM GUI set the 'guifont' to your_ARABIC_FONT. This is done
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by entering the following command in the VIM window.
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>
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:set guifont=your_ARABIC_FONT
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<
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NOTE: the string 'your_ARABIC_FONT' is used to denote a complete
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font name akin to that used in linux/unix system.
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(eg. -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--20-200-75-75-c-100-iso10646-1)
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font name akin to that used in Linux/Unix systems.
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(e.g. -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--20-200-75-75-c-100-iso10646-1)
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You can append the 'guifont' set command to your .vimrc file
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in order to get the same above noted results. In other words,
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@ -179,11 +179,11 @@ o Enable Arabic settings [short-cut]
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If, on the other hand, you'd like to be verbose and explicit and
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are opting not to use the 'arabic' short-cut command, here's what
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is needed (ie. if you use ':set arabic' you can skip this section) -
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is needed (i.e. if you use ':set arabic' you can skip this section) -
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+ Arabic Keymapping Activation
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To activate the Arabic keymap (ie. to remap your English/Latin
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To activate the Arabic keymap (i.e. to remap your English/Latin
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keyboard to look-n-feel like a standard Arabic one), set the
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'keymap' command to "arabic". This is done by entering
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>
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default mapping (English), it is advised that users use the 'CTRL-^'
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key press while in insert (or add/replace) mode. The command-line
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will display your current mapping by displaying an "Arabic" string
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next to your insertion mode (eg. -- INSERT Arabic --) indicating
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next to your insertion mode (e.g. -- INSERT Arabic --) indicating
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your current keymap.
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+ Arabic deletion of a combined pair character
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By default VIM has the 'delcombine' option disabled. This option
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allows the deletion of ALEF in a LAM_ALEF (LAA) combined character
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and still retain the LAM (ie. it reverts to treating the combined
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and still retain the LAM (i.e. it reverts to treating the combined
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character as its natural two characters form -- this also pertains
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to harakat and their combined forms). You can enable this option
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by entering
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- While in Left-to-right mode, enter ':set rl' in the command line
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('rl' is the abbreviation for rightleft).
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- Put the ':set rl' line in your '.vimrc' file to start the VIM in
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- Put the ':set rl' line in your '.vimrc' file to start Vim in
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right-to-left mode permanently.
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+ Arabic right-to-left command-line Mode
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o VIM in its GUI form does not currently support Bi-directionality
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(ie. the ability to see both Arabic and Latin intermixed within
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(i.e. the ability to see both Arabic and Latin intermixed within
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the same line).
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There is one known minor bug,
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1. If you insert a haraka (eg. Fatha (U+064E)) after a LAM (U+0644)
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1. If you insert a haraka (e.g. Fatha (U+064E)) after a LAM (U+0644)
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and then insert an ALEF (U+0627), the appropriate combining will
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not happen due to the sandwiched haraka resulting in something
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that will NOT be displayed correctly.
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@ -320,4 +320,3 @@ There is one known minor bug,
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No other bugs are known to exist.
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