Thanks! Well, I have a US keyboard too (I have little stickers for the Hebrew letters) so this definitely seems worth a try.
אלעד הן נייד: 052-5348554 On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 9:36 PM, Walter Lapchynski <[email protected]> wrote: > One thing I read from there is potentially installing the `ibus-m17n` > package and then choosing the Hebrew input method in `ibus-setup`. I > actually just did this, switched to the Hebrew input method and was > able to copy and paste no problem. Of course, I do have a US keyboard, > so that might not be a good test ☺ > > On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 11:25 AM, אלעד הן <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. 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