[conspire] Hebrew

[Edward Cherlin]

On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 01:07, Ruben Safir <ruben at mrbrklyn.com> wrote:
> On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 01:00:37AM -0400, Ruben Safir wrote:
>> On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 12:58:11AM -0400, Ruben Safir wrote:
>> > On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 12:03:06AM -0400, Edward Cherlin wrote:
>> > > On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 17:44, 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.
>> > >
>> > > You don't need to remap the keyboard. Numerous keyboard layouts are
>> > > included in every Linux distro. In Ubuntu, at least, they are in
>> > > /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols . This is a fundamental X function, and has
>> > > nothing to do with KDE, Gnome, Unity 2D, or any other desktop manager.
>> > > Your problem is, however, connected with the execrable documentation
>> > > of Linux I18n.
>> > >
>> > > First, set an Israeli Hebrew keyboard in Keyboard Preferences or at
>> > > the command line with
>> > >
>> > > setxkbmap il
>>
>> setxkbmap us
>>
>
> There is some good humour here if you can read between the dots...
>
> Night SF .. :)
>
> Reuvain
> (thank the lord for cut and paste)

Yes, that is one of the solutions.

>> > > פםןוטארק'/
>> > > ףךלחיעגדש
>> > > .ץתצמנהבסז
>> > >
>> >
>> > Nice.  i still think it should be done in the application and I sure wish
>> > I'd know it would affect every xterm and vi editor I had open on my X11
>> > desktop, with 12 C++ programs open in gvim in mid code before I ran that
>> > command!!
>> >
>> > I'd be happy with one method to turn the input back to us if you would
>> > Ed :)  I can't really google it at the moment.
>> >
>> > Ruben
>> > > Open LibreOffice from the menu, and type.
>> > >
>> > > Switching the keyboard out of Hebrew from the command line is left as
>> > > an exercise for the command-line bigot. I know more than one answer.
>> > >
>> > > > Ruben
>> > > > --
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>> > > >
>> > > > 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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>> > > --
>> > > Edward Mokurai (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) Cherlin
>> > > Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation.
>> > > The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination.
>> >
>> > --
>> > 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
>



-- 
Edward Mokurai (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) Cherlin
Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation.
The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination.