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authorBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2017-06-05 14:44:35 +0200
committerBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2017-06-05 14:44:35 +0200
commit6aa8cea46d4179b2617daae034063dd0d8054e35 (patch)
tree25d3a8b4123803ec00dfab58f8b31b8e2c21a59f /runtime/doc/arabic.txt
parent9472eec83c3f9c191814dc81dd82498c10b1fc9c (diff)
Update runtime files.
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diff --git a/runtime/doc/arabic.txt b/runtime/doc/arabic.txt
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+++ b/runtime/doc/arabic.txt
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ Arabic Language support (options & mappings) for Vim *Arabic*
*E800*
In order to use right-to-left and Arabic mapping support, it is
-necessary to compile VIM with the |+arabic| feature.
+necessary to compile Vim with the |+arabic| feature.
These functions have been created by Nadim Shaikli <nadim-at-arabeyes.org>
-It is best to view this file with these settings within VIM's GUI: >
+It is best to view this file with these settings within Vim's GUI: >
:set encoding=utf-8
:set arabicshape
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ the user interface remains the standard Vi interface.
Highlights
----------
-o Editing left-to-right files as in the original VIM hasn't changed.
+o Editing left-to-right files as in the original Vim hasn't changed.
o Viewing and editing files in right-to-left windows. File
orientation is per window, so it is possible to view the same
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ o No special terminal with right-to-left capabilities is required.
The right-to-left changes are completely hardware independent.
Only Arabic fonts are necessary.
-o Compatible with the original VIM. Almost all features work in
+o Compatible with the original Vim. Almost all features work in
right-to-left mode (there are liable to be bugs).
o Changing keyboard mapping and reverse insert modes using a single
@@ -66,14 +66,14 @@ o While in Arabic mode, numbers are entered from left to right. Upon
o Arabic keymapping on the command line in reverse insert mode.
-o Proper Bidirectional functionality is possible given VIM is
+o Proper Bidirectional functionality is possible given Vim is
started within a Bidi capable terminal emulator.
Arabic Fonts *arabicfonts*
------------
-VIM requires monospaced fonts of which there are many out there.
+Vim requires monospaced fonts of which there are many out there.
Arabic requires ISO-8859-6 as well as Presentation Form-B fonts
(without Form-B, Arabic will _NOT_ be usable). It is highly
recommended that users search for so-called 'ISO-10646-1' fonts.
@@ -96,13 +96,13 @@ o Installation of fonts for X Window systems (Unix/Linux)
Usage
-----
-Prior to the actual usage of Arabic within VIM, a number of settings
+Prior to the actual usage of Arabic within Vim, a number of settings
need to be accounted for and invoked.
o Setting the Arabic fonts
- + For VIM GUI set the 'guifont' to your_ARABIC_FONT. This is done
- by entering the following command in the VIM window.
+ + For Vim GUI set the 'guifont' to your_ARABIC_FONT. This is done
+ by entering the following command in the Vim window.
>
:set guifont=your_ARABIC_FONT
<
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ o Setting the Arabic fonts
you can include ':set guifont=your_ARABIC_FONT' to your .vimrc
file.
- + Under the X Window environment, you can also start VIM with
+ + Under the X Window environment, you can also start Vim with
'-fn your_ARABIC_FONT' option.
o Setting the appropriate character Encoding
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ o Setting the appropriate character Encoding
>
:set encoding=utf-8
<
- to your .vimrc file (entering the command manually into you VIM
+ to your .vimrc file (entering the command manually into you Vim
window is highly discouraged). In short, include ':set
encoding=utf-8' to your .vimrc file.
@@ -137,11 +137,11 @@ o Setting the appropriate character Encoding
o Enable Arabic settings [short-cut]
In order to simplify and streamline things, you can either invoke
- VIM with the command-line option,
+ Vim with the command-line option,
% vim -A my_utf8_arabic_file ...
- or enable 'arabic' via the following command within VIM
+ or enable 'arabic' via the following command within Vim
>
:set arabic
<
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ o Enable Arabic settings [short-cut]
>
:set keymap=arabic
<
- in your VIM window. You can also append the 'keymap' set command to
+ in your Vim window. You can also append the 'keymap' set command to
your .vimrc file. In other words, you can include ':set keymap=arabic'
to your .vimrc file.
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ o Enable Arabic settings [short-cut]
+ Arabic deletion of a combined pair character
- By default VIM has the 'delcombine' option disabled. This option
+ By default Vim has the 'delcombine' option disabled. This option
allows the deletion of ALEF in a LAM_ALEF (LAA) combined character
and still retain the LAM (i.e. it reverts to treating the combined
character as its natural two characters form -- this also pertains
@@ -211,13 +211,13 @@ o Enable Arabic settings [short-cut]
>
:set delcombine
<
- in our VIM window. You can also append the 'delcombine' set command
+ in our Vim window. You can also append the 'delcombine' set command
to your .vimrc file. In other words, you can include ':set delcombine'
to your .vimrc file.
+ Arabic right-to-left Mode
- By default VIM starts in Left-to-right mode. 'rightleft' is the
+ By default Vim starts in Left-to-right mode. 'rightleft' is the
command that allows one to alter a window's orientation - that can
be accomplished via,
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ o Enable Arabic settings [short-cut]
>
:set arabicshape
<
- in our VIM window. You can also append the 'arabicshape' set
+ in our Vim window. You can also append the 'arabicshape' set
command to your .vimrc file. In other words, you can include
':set arabicshape' to your .vimrc file.
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ o Enable Arabic settings [short-cut]
Keymap/Keyboard *arabickeymap*
---------------
-The character/letter encoding used in VIM is the standard UTF-8.
+The character/letter encoding used in Vim is the standard UTF-8.
It is widely discouraged that any other encoding be used or even
attempted.
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ o Keyboard
Restrictions
------------
-o VIM in its GUI form does not currently support Bi-directionality
+o Vim in its GUI form does not currently support Bi-directionality
(i.e. the ability to see both Arabic and Latin intermixed within
the same line).