2009/2/5 David B Teague <[email protected]> > M Henri Day wrote: > >> 2009/2/4 David B Teague <[email protected]> >> >> >> >>> I posted this about a week ago without response. If anyone here knows why >>> settubg the Locale language to Hebrew might make the program unresponsive >>> even to attempts to kill it, please enlighten me. >>> ------------------------------------------ >>> >>> I am running AMD Sempron 2800+ 1.6 GHz, 1.00 GB RAM and OO.o 3.0.1 with >>> the Language Tool extension. >>> >>> I needed to type a dozen or so Hebrew characters, so I started OO.o >>> Writer, >>> went to >>> >>> Help - Language. >>> >>> This saod to go to >>> >>> Tools|Options - Languages - locale settings >>> >>> I the locale to Hebrew, and pressed OK. OO.o Writer became unresponsive, >>> and other programs worked very slowly. The Task Manager indicated about >>> 70% >>> CPU use and the system was not swapping inordinately. I waited a while, >>> then >>> rebooted. >>> >>> After reboot, OO.o wanted to restore the document, I said no. I restarted >>> Writer. The initial cursor was set to the right hand side of the screen >>> and >>> the Language locale was set to Hebrew. I did not muck with it further. I >>> restored the language locale to English (USA) and decided to ask you guys >>> about this. >>> >>> What if anything am I missing here? >>> >>> David Teague >>> >>> >> >> >> David, what OS are you running ? On a Windows machine, wouldn't it be >> easier >> to switch languages using the Microsoft IMEs, while on a Linux machin one >> could use SCIM ?... >> >> Henri >> >> >> > Henri > > I am sorry I failed to provide that necessary bit of information. I am > running Windows XP SP3. I don't presently have a Linux machine running. > > I do not know what IMEs or SCIM are. I only know what I described in the > message, that is what is suggested by Help.
David, you can add support for additional languages to your XP machine by opening the control panel, clicking «Regional settings» (I think that's what it's called in English - I'm translating here from the Swedish), and choosing the «Languages» tab. Under the heading «Support for additional languages», tick the box next to support for complex languages and languages written from right to left. Proceed up to the heading on text services and input languages and click the «Information» button. In the new window that then opens, you can add specific languages to those supported by your IMEs (Input Method Editors). If you've ticked the box for complex languages, you should see Hebrew among the alternatives offered. When exiting, don't forget to click «OK» to save the changes you've made ! Having done this, you can then use the language bar in your task bar to determine which language editor to be used when typing ; if, to provide an example, I now choose an IME for Chinese, I can input the first line of a poem directly from my keyboard, thus : 人生易老天难老. You can do the same thing with the Hebrew glyphs you want to input and then return to say, English, to input the rest of the text.... One of the advantages of performing such tasks at the level of the OS like XP, rather than that of individual applications like OOo, is that one only has to set the settings once.... Henri
