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Re: Bezek 133 under Linux (Hebrew)




> From malcolm.kavalsky@Orbotech.Co.IL Sun Sep  3 09:20 IST 1995
> From: malcolm.kavalsky@Orbotech.Co.IL (Malcolm Kavalsky)
> To: "Israeli Linux users list" <Linux-il@hagiga.jct.ac.il>
> Subject: Bezek 133 under Linux (Hebrew)
> Date: Sun, 3 Sep 95 09:49:36 IDT
> X-Listname: <Linux-il@hagiga.jct.ac.il>
> 
> 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)