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Re: Bezek 133 under Linux (Hebrew)



> > Does anyone have success in accessing Bezek information from within
> > Linux ?
> > 
> > I have tried the following using minicom as the serial app:
> > 
> > 1. Using color_xterm I can only use the English services (which are very 
> >    limited, if at all). Using color_xterm with a hebrew font doesn't work
> >    because the hebrew letters are at the wrong address (not like the PC).
> >    Also, on entering the phone number search menu, you need to switch
> >    display to mirroring and keyboard to hebrew, so ...
> > 
> > 2. I tried using xhterm, and font heb8x13. I still have the same font
> >    problems, and also now the lack of color becomes a problem, so I get all
> >    weird attributes printed (lots of underlines).
> > 
> > Note: I run minicom with '-l' flag to prevent it from translating characters.
> > 
> > So, it seems that I need:
> > 
> > 1. A font which matches the IBM-PC. I could grab it from Dos (8x16), but I
> >    don't know how to translate it into a .pcf file.
> > 
> > 2. A color_xhterm.
> > 
> > Any ideas ?
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> Check sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/X11/fonts
> I saw there ( at least on the new InfoMagic CD) 
> Hebrew X fonts for dosemu. Hopefully, it is what you are looking for.
> 		Cheers, 
> 				Yuri ( you know where you can find me)
> 

Thanks Yuri,

I pulled over the hebxfonts.tgz and installed it. I now have the font named
'vgah' which I can use inside xhterm.  This solves problem #1, any ideas
for problem #2 ?