[conspire] Hebrew

[Ehud Kaldor]

Is it the charset or the direction the problem? (And re-adding Conspire,
dropped mistakenly).
On May 19, 2011 4:46 PM, "Ruben Safir" <ruben at mrbrklyn.com> wrote:
> On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 04:08:13PM -0700, Ehud Kaldor wrote:
>> Ubuntu, all DMs (Gnome2, KDE and Unity). did not test on Gnome3 yet.
>> contemplating on installing F15 before it GAs. my fingers itch. :)
>>
>
> The only one I use is in wmaker and it doesn't have one of those
> keyboard widgets. It's not in yast either.
>
> Ruben
>
>> Ehud
>>
>>
>> On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 4:06 PM, Ruben Safir <ruben at mrbrklyn.com> wrote:
>>
>> > 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."
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > © Copyright for the Digital Millennium
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > _______________________________________________
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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
>> >
>
> --
> 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
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