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In Linux Mint 13, when using the Arabic language, text is shown backwards.

I found a possible answer that says I should do:

sudo apt-get install libfribidi0 libfribidi-dev

then install bicon, and then put

Terminal=true
Exec=/usr/bin/bicon.bin

in /usr/share/applications/gnome-terminal.desktop.

After doing this, I restart my computer and enter terminal, but my language is still shown backwards, so then I type in bicon and it fix it.

How can I make terminal work properly without having to type bicon every time?

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  • If the possible answer was http://askubuntu.com/questions/77657/how-to-enable-arabic-support-in-gnome-terminal, you could comment there, and try any solutions suggested in the launchpad bug too. – Mikel Apr 08 '14 at 15:48
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    When you say "terminal", do you mean Gnome Terminal? How are you starting it? By clicking the icon in the Applications menu, or some other way? – Mikel Apr 08 '14 at 15:50
  • @Mikel yes I start terminal in application menu, also ctrl + alt + t. Terminal is gnome terminal 3.4.1.1 – Guest Apr 08 '14 at 15:57
  • Ctrl + Alt + T doesn't work the same way. Check your Keyboard Settings to see if that runs gnome-terminal or bicon.bin. Sounds like it needs to be the second one. – Mikel Apr 08 '14 at 16:01
  • Does the text look right when you open it from the application menu? – Mikel Apr 08 '14 at 16:01
  • @Mikel Ctrl + Alt + T open runs gnome terminal. Where I go to open terminal it open the same, wheter from menu or I go to applications file, it only look right when I open terminal and put in "bicon" or I go to /usr/bin and open bicon from there saying run in terminal. – Guest Apr 08 '14 at 16:10
  • Have you seen my very similar question? The answers there suggest mlterm which is superb and also Konsole which is the default terminal emulator in the KDE environment. I have tried both and they work flawlessly. – Joseph R. Nov 05 '14 at 02:05

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here is a hack I use to make it work. add the folowing to your .bashrc file.

# hack to launch bicon if not launched
if ! [[ "$(ps -p $(ps -p $(echo $$) -o ppid=) -o comm=)" =~ 'bicon'* ]]; then
  bicon.bin
fi

this should also work for new tab. strange behavior happens when you try to open bash inside bash, don't do that.

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سليمان السهمي Suleyman Sahmi
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GNOME Terminal version 3.34 supports right to left scripts such as Arabic, and so do other VTE-based emulators (e.g. Tilix, Terminator, Xfce Terminal, Guake...) if using VTE version 0.58. No need to use bicon anymore.

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