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24.5; Problem of displaying arabic font in dired mode

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From: Waleed Yousef <wyousef <at> fcih.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 23722 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23722: 24.5; Problem of displaying arabic font in dired mode
Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2016 18:35:01 +0000

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Thanks so much for reply,

I do not know the update; I am just guessing. Attached is a snapshot of
the problem. I tried set-buffer-file-coding-system with no hope!

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> From: wyousef <at> fcih.net
>> Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2016 00:02:17 +0000
>> 
>> I use "dired" mode; some file and directory names are in Arabic. I did
>> not have any problem. All of the sudden, just few days ago (probably
>> after an update), the Arabic names of the files and directory are shown
>> as garbage.
>
> Please tell more: what was that update, what kind of garbage do you
> see, what is the value of default-file-name-coding-system?
>
> Thanks.

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