README
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2BiCon - The Bidirectional Console
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5Dependencies
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8 - FriBiDi >= 0.10.4 (library AND headers)
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11Installation
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14You need the FriBidi library to compile this program. Probably
15you have it in your distribution. If not, get it from
16http://fribidi.org/
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18Installation is simple, the usual steps:
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20 ./autogen.sh
21 ./configure
22 make
23 make install
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25Usage
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28This program currently can be used under Linux console, or
29terminal emulators with basic Unicode rendering support, like
30gnome-terminal, xterm, or PuTTY.
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32Simply run "bicon" to get a console supporting Arabic or Persian.
33The language used is chosen according to the LANG environment
34variable.
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36You can also choose the language country by specifying the country on
37the country on the command line, e.g ::
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39 bicon sa # enables Arabic (Saudi Arabia) support
40 bicon ir # for Persian (Iran)
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42You can use the alt+shift combination to switch keyboard language.
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44Of course, you have a man page bicon(1) to check.
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46Reporting Bugs
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49Please report all bugs to http://github.com/behdad/bicon
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