Re: "STOP A" for Linux?

2005-09-01 Thread Arik Baratz
On 01/09/05, Robert Wallner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > I don't know about the 'freeze' part, but you can do the equivalent > with the SysRq key. > Chek http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Keyboard-and-Console-HOWTO-8.html Stop-A is processed by the BIOS on the machine, while SysRq is processed by

Re: "STOP A" for Linux?

2005-09-01 Thread Robert Wallner
Hi I don't know about the 'freeze' part, but you can do the equivalent with the SysRq key. Chek http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Keyboard-and-Console-HOWTO-8.html Regards, Robert Wallner On 9/2/05, Hetz Ben Hamo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > As every solaris Admin knows, there's the combination

"STOP A" for Linux?

2005-09-01 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
Hi, As every solaris Admin knows, there's the combination of pressing "stop a" to "freeze" the machine, the ability to do sync, a bit of monitoring, and safe rebooting/halting if needed. I know that in SPARC based machine, the "stop a" function is built from the ground up in their firmware. I wa

Re: does scribus work with hebrew?

2005-09-01 Thread Alex Shnitman
> > Are you running it with LANG=he_IL? (Or at least > > LC_CTYPE=he_IL.) > No I have not touched this issue, in the past when I > played with this I got errors on my debian box. I > run an english linux box, I don't want my default > language to be hebrew. > > Next is this what is effecting scrib

Re: does scribus work with hebrew?

2005-09-01 Thread Aaron
Hi again in answer to myself, I got hebrew to appear in scribus but only backwards hebrew. Again has anyone used hebrew in scribus? If this is indeed the state of hebrew in scribus what is needed for it to support bidi? I want to write to the scribus users and or file a bug report and be able t

Re: does scribus work with hebrew?

2005-09-01 Thread Aaron
most intersting. I tried again and some fonts work. Although in the scribus text editor it only shows one font. I will need to fiddle a bit more to see what is happening. Aaron On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 06:35:37PM +0300 or thereabouts, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 02:56:35PM +0

Re: does scribus work with hebrew?

2005-09-01 Thread Aaron
Hi I did some googling and have a feeling that scribus only accepts open type hebrew fonts. what font could I use to test this theory? thanks Aaron On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 06:35:37PM +0300 or thereabouts, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 02:56:35PM +0300, Aaron wrote: > > Hi all,

Re: does scribus work with hebrew?

2005-09-01 Thread Aaron
Hmn I got another email asking if my locale was hebil but I guess that this isn't the issue. Aaron On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 06:35:37PM +0300 or thereabouts, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 02:56:35PM +0300, Aaron wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I am trying to design a booklet and though

Re: does scribus work with hebrew?

2005-09-01 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 02:56:35PM +0300, Aaron wrote: > Hi all, > > I am trying to design a booklet and thought to use scribus, but when > I switch to hebrew keyboard it won't type anything I type but nothing > appears on the page. Just tried it now and I get something similar. Note that no te

Re: does scribus work with hebrew?

2005-09-01 Thread Aaron
On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 06:08:45AM -0700 or thereabouts, Alex Shnitman wrote: > > I am trying to design a booklet and thought to use > > scribus, but when I switch to hebrew keyboard it > > won't type anything I type but nothing appears on > > the page. > > Are you running it with LANG=he_IL? (Or

Re: does scribus work with hebrew?

2005-09-01 Thread Aaron
> > Unicode text including right to left scripts such as Arabic and > > Hebrew via freetype. > Can you say again what the problem you were expeirencing was? Shachar Yes hebrew doesn't live as text inside my scribus, If I type hebrew the cursor doesn't even move. I

Re: does scribus work with hebrew?

2005-09-01 Thread Peter
I am not using hebrew, so my advice is unrelated to the specific problem. However, the graphics route is insanity incarnate. I suggest using OO draw - not great, but much better than text as graphics. If you like pain you can also use the layers feature of Gimp to design your brochure. Assumi

Re: does scribus work with hebrew?

2005-09-01 Thread Alex Shnitman
> I am trying to design a booklet and thought to use > scribus, but when I switch to hebrew keyboard it > won't type anything I type but nothing appears on > the page. Are you running it with LANG=he_IL? (Or at least LC_CTYPE=he_IL.) --Alex __

Re: does scribus work with hebrew?

2005-09-01 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Aaron wrote: >Hi all, > >I am trying to design a booklet and thought to use scribus, but when I switch >to hebrew keyboard it won't type anything I type but nothing appears on the >page. > >Has anyone used scribus for hebrew layout and if so how. >If not what would you recommend to use instead.

Re: does scribus work with hebrew?

2005-09-01 Thread Marc A. Volovic
On Thu, 2005-09-01 at 14:56 +0300, Aaron wrote: > Hi all, > > I am trying to design a booklet and thought to use scribus, but when I switch > to hebrew keyboard it won't type anything I type but nothing appears on the > page. > Has anyone used scribus for hebrew layout and if so how. > If not

does scribus work with hebrew?

2005-09-01 Thread Aaron
Hi all, I am trying to design a booklet and thought to use scribus, but when I switch to hebrew keyboard it won't type anything I type but nothing appears on the page. Has anyone used scribus for hebrew layout and if so how. If not what would you recommend to use instead. I have as a backup pla