hi
I'm a new linux user, so forgive me if my question is amateurish.
I installed slackware 14.0 32 bit on my asus k45vm laptop and made a dual boot with windows 7. I have many file and folders in my windows partitions which have been named by persian characters, but shell can not show their names correctly and shows strange characters. persian is a right to left language like arabic. this problem also occur in thunar file manager (i did not try others). I am not sure but I guess it is something about character encoding. is there any solution or i have to rename those files and folders

sorry for my english

Have you installed arabic/persian font? Terminals running in X can show but not those which run in VT (Virtual Terminal).

Please install appropriate fonts and see if thunar shows it.

Or you use a different file manager like nautilus.

Hi,

You need to use the same encoding as in Windows. in Windows, is it a legacy one like Windows-1256 or (more probably) UTF-8?

@veerain: if you install fbterm you will be able to use a True Type font in a VT (not only under X) using e.g. Deja Vu Sans or Deja Vu Sans Mono that can display all 40 glyphs needed for Farsi.

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• I didn't mention kmscon just because I have no experience with it and don't know which fonts it can handle. But that could be another option.
• The same way as switching between a tty and X
• Yes see UCIMF and ibus-fbterm. Caveat emptor: I never used one of those myself.

PS Volunteers are welcome to translate Slackware installers and administrative tools in all languages spoken in India. They can just join the Slint project

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thanks didier
but I don't know how to change encoding in slackware, I couldn't find any helpful comment in internet about it
Also I cant access to http://code.google.com due to the sanctions against my country

You might like to read this article on SlackDocs.

Also, you can get a bidirectional console. As FriBidi is already shipped in a full Slackware installation, you just need to install in addition the bicon (as in Bidirectionnal Console) application. You can get it here.

I couldn't find a recent Slackware bicon package and might consider contributing a SlackBuild for it. Meanwhile you can do this:

Click "Download ZIP". This will download bicon-master.zip to your computer. The command "unzip bicon-master.zip" will create a directory bicon-master. Then, do this to compile and install bicon:This is a quick and dirty way to install it, but as all files will be installed in sub-directories /usr/local/{include,lib,share}/bicon, plus two files "bicon" and "bicon.bin" in /usr/local/bin, you know how to remove them (you can also run as root "make uninstall" in the same directory if you kept it).

To start bicon, just type in a console or ttyTo know more read README in the bicon-master directory.

Also, The Arabeyes website provides (among other stuff) fonts for Farsi. If you can't access the project space on Sourceforge you might try their website in Arabic or in English.

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thanks again, I did this.
still problem with character encoding under X11 remains. mentioned article doesn't say anything about enabling UTF-8 encoding for X11

Here is my line for the Windows partition from my /etc/fstab file:
en_US.UTF-8 is probably the default locale, but I added it anyway. Also I have edited my /etc/profile.d/lang.sh to contain the line
(of course, you also should comment-out the non-Utf line). I don't remember doing anything extra and everything just works.

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About UTF-8 encoding: I think that setting LANG to an UTF-8 encoding should be enough, as suggested by Ilgar.

Unfortunately there is no UTF-8 encoding for Farsi in glibc.

That said, that shouldn't be an issue, you can pick another locale UTF-8 encoded to set LANG and set other internationalization variables otherwise.

By the way, the only locale definitions for Farsi are in the file /usr/share/i18n/locales/fa_IR. Its author could certainly tell you more, but he moved from Tehran to California and works @ Google now as Internationalization Engineer.

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So he's lost to the dark side, eh?

This remark is way off topic.

In any case a lot of Iranian scientists work in American universities and I don't think that they cut ties with their country. For instance Maryam Mirzakhani, professor at the Stanford University, was awarded a Fields Medal last year.

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It was off topic, but I was referring to Google as the dark side, not Iran.

I misunderstood, sorry.

Worked, thanks a lot
we call this "Scape of Brains".