Thank you very much. The problem is global as far as I can tell (in every program and even in the file manager).
I will try changing the layout and see if it helps. I came across this bit of information: http://en.libreofficeforum.org/node/1586 But I'm too ill-informed to understand if what they describe is the same problem and what exactly they're suggesting as a solution... אלעד הן נייד: 052-5348554 On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 8:58 PM, Walter Lapchynski <[email protected]> wrote: > First off, there is an [Ubuntu Local Community in Israel][1] that you > may want to connect with, especially considering they have probably > faced the same issue. > > Secondly, this is not solely a Lubuntu issue. Sure, we have different > GUI tools to do this and that but ultimately "under the hood" Ubuntu > and Lubuntu is the same. That being said, it may be useful to ask in > Ubuntu circles what the appropriate command line solution is. If you > can figure that out, I'm sure we can translate that into an > appropriate Lubuntu GUI solution. > > Now, is this only in the word processor or is this global? If it's > only the word processor, you might want to see if it has better > support for Hebrew. For example, I know of the package > `libreoffice-l10n-he` which adds some additional support for Hebrew. > > If it is global, then you may want to try the alternative keyboard > layouts (lyx, phonetic, biblical). I have searched through the > plethora of options that `setxkbmap` offers (see `man > xkeyboard-config`) and I don't find anything particularly obvious, so > I would imagine that one of these three layouts probably has your > solution. > > My guess is either that this is specific to a particular application > (in which case the answer may involve digging through its > configuration and/or complaining to the folks that make that > application) or that some existing keyboard layout or option provides > the answer. > > It is possible that people just switch keyboard layouts. Sure seems > strange, but it's possible. If you look at the "Switching to another > layout" section in the aforementioned man page, you'll see you can > define hotkeys to quickly make this change. > > I will note that /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/il seems to be written by > someone who has a better sense of Hebrew than I do, referencing the > "standard SI-1452." That being said, I my gut tells me they probably > didn't miss this crucial set of hotkeys. > > If you discover the answer, please share with us! Perhaps even better, > add what you find to the [Hebrew Localization Ubuntu wiki page][2]. > Good luck! > > [1]: http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-il/ > [2]: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HebrewLocalizationHowto > > > On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 8:26 AM, אלעד הן <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for responding. I'm to much of a newbie to understand most of what > > you said though :( > > > > The site doesn't seem to be related to linux... > > > > I looked through the different keyboard options in "preferences" and > there > > aren't many of them, and nothing looks relevant... > > > > > > > > > > אלעד הן > > נייד: 052-5348554 > > > > On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 6:09 PM, Israel <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> On 03/01/2015 04:55 AM, אלעד הן wrote: > >> > >> Hi everyone. I'm a total newbie and probably doing this wrong but bare > >> with me... I tried searching for answers to this problem, but although > I've > >> found several references to it, I couldn't find a solution. > >> > >> Anyway, I installed lubuntu 14.04 (not the 64 bit version) on my old > >> laptop and I'm very pleased with the performances. > >> > >> When word-processing I mostly use Hebrew, and I've found the Keyboard > >> shortcuts don't work when I'm the keyboard is switched to Hebrew. This > means > >> that every time I want to copy and paste in Hebrew I first have to > switch > >> back to English, use the shortcuts and switch back to Hebrew. This is a > very > >> big problem for the flow of work, and makes the shortcuts hardly short. > >> > >> Does anyone have a solution for this? > >> > >> Thank you. > >> > >> > >> > >> אלעד הן > >> נייד: 052-5348554 > >> > >> > >> > >> Hi Elad, > >> It may be an issue with the way the Hebrew keyboard is mapped. The > >> keyboard probably represents "V" and "C" incorrectly. Which would make > >> sense, which one becomes 'V' and which one becomes 'C'? There are at > least > >> 2 for each of those that I can think of, right? > >> > >> You may find something here: > >> http://penguin.org.il/ > >> Since it is an Israeli Linux site. > >> > >> I think this may be related to X keyboard mapping, though that is a > guess. > >> > >> Sorry I do not know a specific solution, though. You might try asking > in > >> Hebrew specific IRC channels, or asking someone at a local Linux User > Group. > >> > >> -- > >> Regards > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Lubuntu-users mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users > >> > > > > > > -- > > Lubuntu-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users > > > > > > -- > @wxl | http://polka.bike > Lubuntu Release Manager, Head of QA > Ubuntu PPC Point of Contact > Ubuntu Oregon LoCo Team Leader > Eugene Unix & GNU/Linux User Group Co-Organizer >
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