Public bug reported:
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.preferences.keyboard>layout)
as well as to OO.org writer (tools.options.language settings).
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>administration>language support, and found
some SCIM program sitting on my deskbar. If I'm on an OO.org writer
documents, it works like the keyboard indicator - so in theory I can use
it there to type Arabic. Anywhere else, though (internet browser,
dictionaries, etc) it doesn't work.
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.
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Unable to type in Arabic
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238849
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