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      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
      command that allows one to alter a window's orientation - that can
      be accomplished via,

      - Toggling between left-to-right and right-to-left modes is
	accomplished through ':set rightleft' and ':set norightleft'.

      - While in Left-to-right mode, enter ':set rl' in the command line
	('rl' is the abbreviation for rightleft).

      - Put the ':set rl' line in your vimrc file to start Vim in
        right-to-left mode permanently.

   +  Arabic right-to-left command-line Mode

      For certain commands the editing can be done in right-to-left mode.
      Currently this is only applicable to search commands.

      This is controlled with the 'rightleftcmd' option.  The default is
      "search", which means that windows in which 'rightleft' is set will
      edit search commands in right-left mode.	To disable this behavior,
>
		:set rightleftcmd=
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      To enable right-left editing of search commands again,
>
		:set rightleftcmd&
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   +  Arabic Shaping Mode

      To activate the required visual characters alterations (shaping,
      composing, combining) which the Arabic language requires, enable
      the 'arabicshape' command.  This is done by entering
>
		:set arabicshape
<
      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.


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Keymap/Keyboard						*arabickeymap*

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.

Note: UTF-8 is an all encompassing encoding and as such is
      the only supported (and encouraged) encoding with
      regard to Arabic (all other proprietary encodings
      should be discouraged and frowned upon).

o  Keyboard

   +  CTRL-^ in
Title: Vim Arabic Configuration: RTL, Command-Line, Shaping, and Keymap Information
Summary
This section details how to configure Vim for Arabic, covering right-to-left mode using ':set rightleft' and ':set norightleft', right-to-left command-line mode using the 'rightleftcmd' option, and Arabic shaping mode activation with ':set arabicshape'. It also highlights that Vim uses UTF-8 encoding for Arabic and discusses the use of CTRL-^ for keymap toggling.