[conspire] Hebrew

[Ruben Safir]

On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 03:56:40PM -0700, Ehud Kaldor wrote:
> just to note - this is an American laptop with no engraved Hebrew chars on
> the keyboard. i meant installing the Israel layout (in Keyboards). as i
> said, Hebrew works out of the box, and libreoffice does a good work in
> changing directions. other apps sometimes have problems with directions.
> 

that is in the gnome/kde/umbuntu interface?

> Ehud
> 
> 
> On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Ruben Safir <ruben at mrbrklyn.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 03:28:09PM -0700, Ehud Kaldor wrote:
> > > with Ubuntu and Hebrew keyboard installed, it pretty much works. the
> > > direction change button in LibreOffice does redirection of commas,
> > > semicolons and such. had the same experience with Fedora a while ago.
> > >
> >
> >
> > Yeah, i don't understand this.  there is no difference in the keyboard
> > other than the little panted letters.
> >
> > Ruben
> >
> > > Ehud
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Ruben Safir <ruben at mrbrklyn.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > How do you type Hebrew in libreoffice.  I've done a bit of googling on
> > > > this, and come up with fonts and intructions to reverse the direction,
> > > > but no means to actually type the letters in the application.  I see in
> > > > KDE you can remap the keyboard.  I don't use KDE and frankly I'm
> > puzzled
> > > > about the need to remap the keyboard.
> > > >
> > > > Ruben
> > > > --
> > > > http://www.mrbrklyn.com - Interesting Stuff
> > > > http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software
> > > >
> > > > So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn,
> > like
> > > > Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world  -
> > RI
> > > > Safir 1998
> > > >
> > > > http://fairuse.nylxs.com  DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI
> > > > Safir 2002
> > > >
> > > > "Yeah - I write Free Software...so SUE ME"
> > > >
> > > > "The tremendous problem we face is that we are becoming sharecroppers
> > to
> > > > our own cultural heritage -- we need the ability to participate in our
> > own
> > > > society."
> > > >
> > > > "> I'm an engineer. I choose the best tool for the job, politics be
> > > > damned.<
> > > > You must be a stupid engineer then, because politcs and technology have
> > > > been attached at the hip since the 1st dynasty in Ancient Egypt.  I
> > guess
> > > > you missed that one."
> > > >
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> > --
> > http://www.mrbrklyn.com - Interesting Stuff
> > http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software
> >
> > So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like
> > Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world  - RI
> > Safir 1998
> >
> > http://fairuse.nylxs.com  DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI
> > Safir 2002
> >
> > "Yeah - I write Free Software...so SUE ME"
> >
> > "The tremendous problem we face is that we are becoming sharecroppers to
> > our own cultural heritage -- we need the ability to participate in our own
> > society."
> >
> > "> I'm an engineer. I choose the best tool for the job, politics be
> > damned.<
> > You must be a stupid engineer then, because politcs and technology have
> > been attached at the hip since the 1st dynasty in Ancient Egypt.  I guess
> > you missed that one."
> >
> > © Copyright for the Digital Millennium
> >

-- 
http://www.mrbrklyn.com - Interesting Stuff
http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software

So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world  - RI Safir 1998

http://fairuse.nylxs.com  DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002

"Yeah - I write Free Software...so SUE ME"

"The tremendous problem we face is that we are becoming sharecroppers to our own cultural heritage -- we need the ability to participate in our own society."

"> I'm an engineer. I choose the best tool for the job, politics be damned.<
You must be a stupid engineer then, because politcs and technology have been attached at the hip since the 1st dynasty in Ancient Egypt.  I guess you missed that one."

© Copyright for the Digital Millennium