To implement the Farsi patch, untar the original vim-4.6.tar in a directory of your choice. Then do the followings: 1 - Change to the 'vim-4.6' subdirectory and call cat whatever/vim-4.6-persian-patch | patch 2 - Follow the instructions of the original vim-4.6 package for setting other preferences and making the vim. 3 - Untar the Farsi-HOWTO-Package.tar in a directory of your choice. This package contains the Farsi fonts and the font installation instruction. For more information, refer to Farsi-HOWTO-1.txt contained in the Farsi-HOWTO-Package.tar file.