<background> In previous versions of RHL, I was able to configure my keyboard as "Israeli", and configure KDE to support two keyboard layouts: English and Hebrew. Then, I would configure my left "win" key to switch between the two keyboard layouts permanently, and my right "win" key to switch them while pressed. <btw>it worked quite good, though the settings did not "catch" at first, and I had to play with them a bit. also, for some reason I was able to switch layouts only when the panel indicator was set to "IL".</btw> </background>
<problem> During the installation of RH8, I was asked to choose a keyboard layout. For my surprise, there was no Israeli or Hebrew keyboard! I chose English, and procceded with the installation. When it was finished, I logged into a GNOME session and searched for an option to define a Hebrew keyboard layout and a switch key - but with no results. I switched to KDE, and configured keyboard layouts and switch keys through the Control Center as I did with RH7.3. The switch keys did not work, no matter how much I played with them (btw, what does "Reset configuration" mean anyway?? I couldn't find it in the manual. Why is it a checkbox?) The keyboard layouts did "work", but only when switched manually with the mouse. And when I tried to type in the Hebrew layout - I got gibberish! (Apparently there are no hebrew fonts...) I might note that I can *read* Hebrew in some apps, for example Licq and Mozilla, but not *write*. </problem> <request> Please help! I would like to use Linux as a primary OS, and right now I'm stuck with windoze, because it's the only OS on my system that supports Hebrew. </request> TIA! -Barak-
