I tried to copy Hebrew fonts from windoze to /usr/share/fonts, and add them with chkfontpath --add. It still doesn't work - I see gibberish instead of Hebrew, even when I choose the Hebrew fonts. Please, I (and all other Israeli Linux users out there) would appreciate some help on the subject!
-Barak- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barak Shoshani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 4:17 PM Subject: Hebrew support? > <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- > > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list >
