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+BiCon: a Bidirectional Console
+
+BiCon can be used under Linux console, or terminal emulators with
+basic Unicode rendering (UTF-8).
+
+Run "bicon" to get a console supporting Arabic or Persian according
+to LANG or specify the country on the command line, for instance:
+ bicon ir # for Persian (Iran)
+
+Keymaps and fonts for Arabic and Persian are included.
+
+Use alt+shift to switch keyboard layouts in a graphical environment.
+To know more:
+
+ "man bicon"
+and
+ "man bicon.bin"
+
+See also /usr/doc/bicon-<VERSION>/README.Slackware for BiCon's usage.
+
+BiCon is maintained by Behdad Esfahbod.