Open Arabic files with gedit

i mean windows encoded Arabic files

1- Open the gedit

Application >> Accessories >> Text Editor

2- Click file >> open

3- From the open menu click in the menu of [COLOR="Red"]Character Coding[/COLOR].

[IMG]http://anwaryagoub.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/gedit-open-files1.png[/IMG]

4- Select [COLOR="Red"]Add or Remove[/COLOR].

5- From the [COLOR="Red"]available encodings[/COLOR] select [COLOR="Red"]Windows-1256[/COLOR] & click add.

[IMG]http://anwaryagoub.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/gedit-character-codings.png[/IMG]

6- you are done.

enjoy windows Arabic encoding ;)

Thanks a lot, worked for me :D the best part is after you open it click save and the next time you open it, it will display the arabic letters correclty :)

thanks alooooooooooot

helpful tip

this may useful for you http://ubuntuwd.com/vb/archive/index.php/t-707.html

the following was useful to me { right click on file>Properties>Open With>Add button then >use a custom command and write

gedit --encoding=WINDOWS-1256

then click add

try open file again }

this is an easy way to do it ^_^