Comment 6 for bug 270019

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In , Usama (usama-redhat-bugs) wrote :

Description of problem:
Arabic, Hebrew, Farsi, and Urdu needs BiDi support to work probably. there was a batch that have been made to support BiDi in Icewm and it has been tested on Ojuba (a fedora based distribution)

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

How reproducible:
try to open Arabic web page using Icewm and look into the title bar. the same applies for programs with Arabic title. or any Arabic text that displays in the windows or the menus of the window manager.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.open your browser
2.go to this site http://www.ojuba.org/wiki/
3.look at the title bar.

Actual results:
you will find the Arabic word (أعجوبة) revised and it's letters seperated.

Expected results:
the Arabic text should be displayed probably.

Additional info:

there is a batch and more info here:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1440618&group_id=31&atid=300031