On Sun, Jun 01, 2003 at 12:38:34PM -0700, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > hola all, > > i'm an american trying to brush up on hebrew. other than temple, the > last time i spoke or wrote hebrew was back in my apple ][ days. ;) > > i'm running debian testing, but have some packages like pango and > abiword pinned to unstable. > > been playing around with abiword. found the "shalom" font, which looks > nice.
What fonts are you using? Install the culmus fonts (the package is called "culmus") > > there's also another abiword font "ktav yad", but it doesn't show up. > the cursor moves over like a character is being placed, but the font > isn't actually rendered. i assume that ktav yad is a hebrew font -- > doesn't it mean "writing hand"? > > * any ideas on why ktav yad isn't displaying at all? I'll try later abiword with culmus's "ktav" > > also, the shalom font is nice, but i've spent the past hours trying to > map out the keystrokes. the consonants were easy, but the vowels are a > nightmare. sometimes a vowel comes with a consonant (shift-a is an > aleph with a patach) and sometimes you type a keystroke after the > consonant (like typing y shift-e produces a yud with a segol). What keymap do you have in mind? I think that this is not the standard one used in Israel. > > the rules for deleting or changing or deleting a vowel or the consonant > above a vowel is pretty arcane. > > this is taking much longer than it should, and i'd think all this would > be documented somewhere. google turned up nothing useful. > > * has anyone mapped this font or know where i can find info on it? > > * is there a word processor with better hebrew support than abiword? > > my main word processor is vim. on debian testing: > > $ vim -H > E26: Hebrew cannot be used: Not enabled at compile time What vim package do you use? Use any package which is not the "basic" one (I think that anyone besides "vim-tiny" will do. I use "vim-gtk") > i assume once i get vim displaying hebrew, hebrew with latex will be > less painful... Naturally. Install the package ivritex -- Tzafrir Cohen +---------------------------+ http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir/ |vim is a mutt's best friend| mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] +---------------------------+ ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
