xfig+Hebrew

[Shlomi Fish]

Hi all,

On Sat, 14 Apr 2012 11:28:57 +0300
guy keren <guy.choo.keren at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> why not use "dia"? it's a much better software and better maintained 
> (and works better) - and since it's based on a more modern toolkit - has 
> more chance of supporting hebrew.
> 
> --guy

In addition to Dia, there's also Inkscape ( http://inkscape.org/ ). It has a
different focus than Dia, but is also useful as an xfig replacement. And there
are also Apache OpenOffice Draw / LibreOffice Draw . All of those are open
source.

Like guy, I don't have high hopes of xfig supporting Hebrew properly, because
it is pretty antiquated.

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish

> 
> On 04/14/2012 08:57 AM, Avraham Rosenberg wrote:
> >
> > Dear all
> >     In an attempt to use xfig with Hebrew text, I started it with:
> > xfig -international -geometry 1500x990+0+0 -metric -showlengths -startgridmode 1 -free 5 ₋-specialtext -latexfonts -startlatexFont default
> >
> > The system answered with:
> >
> > xfig: this input-method doesn't support OffTheSpot input style
> > xfig: using ROOT input style instead
> >
> > The meaning of which I do not know.
> >
> > I switched to  Hebrew unicode fonts, but I was unable to input any text.
> >     Looking at the xfig help I guess that I should have told it which key
> > combination switches the font... Is that so?
> >
> >      But first: 1-What are these input methods -where can I learn about them?
> > 	       2-Is it at all possible to input Hebrew text in xfig, and
> > then what should I do ?
> >
> >
> >     My system is Debian squezze, locale C, xorg version 1:7.5+8, window
> > manager: fluxbox, no X input method defined.
> >
> > Thanks, Avraham
> >
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