Comment 12 for bug 238849
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| medmediani (medmediani) wrote RE: [Bug 238849] Re: Unable to type in Arabic | #12 |
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(Get the code!)
It is not a problem anymore,
I upgraded to entrepid successfully without any keyboard problems
> Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 10:46:32 +0000
> From: <email address hidden>
> To: <email address hidden>
> Subject: [Bug 238849] Re: Unable to type in Arabic
>
> Hello,
>
> does anybody know if this issue is still present in the latest ubuntu
> release?
>
> Maybe this report is somehow related to this upstream bug report?
> http://
>
> Thanks
>
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> Unable to type in Arabic
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> Status in “scim” source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> hello
>
> I am using an HP Pavillion 2530 laptop. The laptop was bought in the Middle East and has both Latin and Arabic characters on its keyboard. The keyboard model (as detected automatically on both Gutsy and Hardy 8.04) is "Generic 105-key (Intl) PC".
>
> Before switching from Gutsy to Hardy Heron 8.04 (fresh installation - main language: USA English) I was able to type Latin and Arabic characters on any kind of format (OO.org writer, Stardict, Firefox, etc) by clicking on the keyboard indicator. To do this, I simply had to update the language support (without downloading the Arabic package), add Arabic to the keyboard's layout (system.
>
> On Hardy 8.04 this is not working. Wherever I need to write in Arabic (and click on the keyboard indicator)...all I get is Latin characters. All the settings are as they were in Gutsy. I tried to download the Arabic package from system>
>
> If I use SCIM to write in Arabic on an OO.org writer doc, though, it's a complete disaster. At least one third of the keys on the keyboard do not input an Arabic character at all - some strange symbols come up instead. In short: it can't be used to type Arabic. I then tried to the following things, to no avail:
>
> - uninstall the Arabic package from language support
> - unclick "enable support to enter complex character" on language support
> - a combination of these two + using keybord indicator instead of SCIM and the other way around for each combination.
>
> This is a serious issue, and I'd be extremely grateful if a solution is found. Please let me know if there's anything you need to know to solve this.
>
> Many thanks for taking the time to go through this.
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