10.  Application issues

10.1.  KOffice issue

  • koffice-i18n-ar should be built and included in the CD.

10.2.  OpenOffice.org

Arabic is rendered in a non-readable format. The letters overlap each other. Replacing libfreetype6-2.1.7-4mdk with libfreetype6-2.1.7-4plf solved the problem.

10.3.  Katoob issue

10.4.  Mozilla issue

To install the Arabic interface for Mozilla, there is an installable language pack (*.xpi). One small compressed archive containing just the localized resources and an installer script. A user with Mozilla installed, can have Arabic available just with one click at:

http://www.4-sms.com/users/mozilla/index.php?action=get&file=langar-1.4-0.1.xpi

   
  • mozilla-i8n-ar should be built and included in the CD.

10.5.  PostArabic issue

The PostArabic package provides Arabic shaping functionality for PostgreSQL. http://dcmms.sourceforge.net/postarabic.php

  • A mandrake rpm should be built.

10.6.  LyX bug

  • An error if the first paragraph is double-spaced. Bug 1404

  • Environment \end tag causes problems Bug 1225

10.7.  Bicon

  • A mandrake rpm should be built and acon should be removed.

10.8.  ArabTeX bugs

  • tetex-latex-arab in Mandrake 9.2 is old and contains an error in the spec file that duplicates files in the hard drive and hence eating valuable space, besides it's an old buggy version too. Bug 5712 (Fixed and Closed)

10.9.  mlterm

Mandrake is missing RPMs with fribidi pre-compiled, that is an issue that worth raising with those that create RPMs.