On Jul 4, 2011, at 11:54 AM, Nitzan Brumer wrote:
Buying the kindle: 139 $
Shipping to Israel: 40$ (no, you can not change that, fedex is
mandatory)
Fedex Israel fees: 150 NIS (they charge the vat, handling, moving,
storage or whatever)
So, at the end buying a kindle costs around 760 Nis
On Jul 4, 2011, at 11:02 AM, Stan Goodman wrote:
900 NIS? Double the price of a Kindle. If the cottage-cheese folks
could be interested in this, the price would surely come down.
Where exactly can I get a Kindle with a full touch screen for 450 NIS?
Ok, the nook version 2 has one and is o
Buying the kindle: 139 $
Shipping to Israel: 40$ (no, you can not change that, fedex is mandatory)
Fedex Israel fees: 150 NIS (they charge the vat, handling, moving, storage
or whatever)
So, at the end buying a kindle costs around 760 Nis which is still 140NIS
cheaper than the eVrit, but far from
On 07/04/2011 04:31 AM, Steve G. wrote:
FWIW, this is not the same discussion as far as I am concerned.
The previous discussion was about what reader is best for Hebrew book.
This one is about how to read Hebrew on a Kindle 2. I am not going to
buy eVrit, nor any book with DRM on it, if I can
FWIW, this is not the same discussion as far as I am concerned.
The previous discussion was about what reader is best for Hebrew book. This
one is about how to read Hebrew on a Kindle 2. I am not going to buy eVrit,
nor any book with DRM on it, if I can help it.
On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 11:01 PM,
Didn't we this discussion a couple of months ago? From what I can see nothing
has changed. I think in the end the person asking bought an eVrit, which is
really a PanDigital Memo with Hebrew support and Steimatzky DRM built in.
Are they still 900 NIS?
Geoff.
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Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ
I am using the Kindle 2, but it looks like this is doable.
Could you be more specific on doing it? I prefer to just install the font
(which one do I use for Hebrew?) and not a web server. Do I have to use the
python update script, or is it possible to copy a few file to my Kindle?
It is not that
On Sat, 25 Jun 2011, Steve G. wrote:
I tried converting a text document containing Hebrew and Spanish to
the Kindle format. The Spanish was readable, but the Hebrew was junk.
Although I can read html in Hebrew on the Kindle, it does not let me
read html documents that are stored locally. I con
I am using the eMachines eM350 netbook for this purpose.
Except for short battery life (3 hours or so), it does the job for me.
Office Depot sells those netbooks for 1300NIS, which is a bit more
expensive than digital readers (typically 800-1200NIS), but it is a
general purpose computer.
And I wa
On Thursday 01 April 2004 18:23, Shlomo Solomon wrote:
SS> I haven't found any way to change the fonts used to display freedb info in
SS> KsCD (specifically to a Hebrew font). Am I missing something - can it be
SS> done?
SS>
Well, with me it's about Russian titles being fetched and diplayed in _t
On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 08:34:30AM +0200, Yaniv Almog wrote:
> Shalom,
>
> 1. I have recently installed Microsoft's TTF fonts on my Fedora core
> partition. I have installed them both with ttmkfdir and fc-cache.
> However, I am getting squares on my screen when I try to view them on
> my screen.
Yaniv Almog wrote:
> 2. Last June I installed a PPTP client (from pptpclient.sourceforge.net)
> to connect my computer through the cables to the Technion VPN server. It
> worked smoothly for two months but then, in August, because of
> Blasterworm, the Technion made some changes, one of them was to
On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 08:34:30AM +0200, Yaniv Almog wrote:
> 2. Last June I installed a PPTP client (from pptpclient.sourceforge.net)
> to connect my computer through the cables to the Technion VPN server. It
> worked smoothly for two months but then, in August, because of
> Blasterworm, the Tec
great,
$LANG was not set at all
(in what file should i set it to make it system global ? )
i did: export LANG=he_IL
now i have hebrew fonts !!!
but i have a strange mix: the letter in the words are not mirrored
but the words in the sentence are mirrored !
anyway, there is no 'he' directory under
check the locale settings (don't remeber which of the LC_.., LANG etc
effects this, think it was LANG).
I had that problem when setting the language to he_IL.UTF-8 since the
hebrew text, at list from the hebrew keymap was generated as iso8859-8
and not utf8 and thus showed up as garbage.
Try settin
On Sunday 20 July 2003 16:37, Erez Doron wrote:
> my gtk2 apps converts every font into utf8 and then displays it.
Every "font"? You mean - every text file you open?
> whenevev i display hebrew chars i get just lines and signs (e.g. junk)
You're opening a file with the wrong (not UTF-8) encoding
c: "Linux-IL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 4:51 PM
Subject: Re: Hebrew fonts
> On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 08:06:40AM +0200, Eli Segal wrote:
> > Hey all,
> >
> > I install in my debian the pkg msttfcorefonts, and it told me that i
need
On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 08:06:40AM +0200, Eli Segal wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I install in my debian the pkg msttfcorefonts, and it told me that i need to
> have
> the Defoma pkg for it to work, i try to install it but apparently i allready
> have it installed
>
> but i still don't get these fonts :(
do it.
-Original Message-
From: Hetz Ben Hamo [mailto:hetz@;witch.dyndns.org]
Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 12:53 PM
To: Martin Polley; Linux IL
Cc: Tzafrir Cohen
Subject: Re: Hebrew fonts for GhostScript
On Thursday 07 November 2002 11:41, Martin Polley wrote:
> Oops--
On Thursday 07 November 2002 11:41, Martin Polley wrote:
> Oops--I accidentally hit "Send" before I finished writing...
>
> It should have said:
>
> OK, now I can reply to my own question (after some RTFMing):
>
> The answer is here, in the Fonts-HOWTO:
>
> http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Font-HOWTO/x346
On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Martin Polley wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I need to add fonts to GhostScript so I can create PS and PDF files
> containing Hebrew characters (oh, and to print them, too).
> Anyone know how to do this? (I am using Gentoo 1.2, KDE 3.0.3 and GS
> 7.05.5.)
AFAIK Hebrew PostScript fonts a
Oops--I accidentally hit "Send" before I finished writing...
It should have said:
OK, now I can reply to my own question (after some RTFMing):
The answer is here, in the Fonts-HOWTO:
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Font-HOWTO/x346.html
Martin Polley
Technical Communicator
http://www.surf-com.com/
[E
OK, now I can reply to my own question.
The answer is here, in the Fonts-HOWTO:
Martin Polley
Technical Communicator
Tel: 732
Mobile: (053) 864-280
-Original Message-
From: Martin Polley
Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 11:25 AM
To: Linux IL
Subject: Hebrew fonts for GhostScript
H
Whoops, replied only to Tzafrir. Message attached.
Original Message
Subject: Re: Hebrew fonts in Abiword - again
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 09:47:57 +0300
From: Itai Segall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Tzafrir Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> On Sun, 22
On Sun, 22 Sep 2002, Itai Segall wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I know this matter has been discussed at least twice so far on this
> list, but I still can't seem to make hebrew work properly in AbiWord.
>
> I'm using AbiWord version 1.0.2, compiled with bidi enabled, and locale
> set to he_IL.ISO-8859-8.
>
>
I wrote:
> BTW: I still have problems with local masqueraded clients at the MZ,
> trying to FTP servers. While it is possible to FTP, it is impossible to
> view directory lists or to get files (i.e. the PASSIVE actions don't
> work). I know that this is a FAQ, but I haven't found a FA (Frequently
Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, tizmoeye wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > i am using mandrake 8.1 .. and i got a little big problem with the hebrew
> > fonts under X..
> > i tired reading the instructions on the iglu.org.il site and didnt got a
> > thing.
> > i wanted to get in elmar.co.il to
Thanks for the help Tzafrir, i have a windows partition and i used the "get
windows fonts" feature in darkfont. i got the fonts you were talking about
and configured KDE to use them in the KDE control center. but after all this
i still cant see hebrew letters and surely cant write any..
so it
On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, tizmoeye wrote:
> Hello,
> i am using mandrake 8.1 .. and i got a little big problem with the hebrew
> fonts under X..
> i tired reading the instructions on the iglu.org.il site and didnt got a
> thing.
> i wanted to get in elmar.co.il to get some help there but it seems like
I've sent the requested rpm to Pavel Bibergal by private e-mail.
Does somebody else wish it?
Alex Poretski, Linux Support, Comsoft
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> "Tzafrir" == Tzafrir Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Tzafrir> Hi On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, Pavel Bibergal wrote:
>> Hi all.. i tring to download hebrew "elmar" fonts rpm, but it
>> can't contact it..
Tzafrir> It is once again availble as of yesterday.
Tzafrir> See links
Hi
On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, Pavel Bibergal wrote:
> Hi all.. i tring to download hebrew "elmar" fonts rpm, but it can't
> contact it..
It is once again availble as of yesterday.
See links from:
http://linux.org.il/pub/Hebrew/00INDEX.html#hebfonts
--
Tzafrir Cohen
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://
Hi, Ilya!
On Sun, Jul 30, 2000 at 04:39:08AM +0300, you wrote the following:
> > Generally if you use redhat/mandrake (>=6.0) then adding another directory
> > to the font path of the X fonts server (which supports TTFs as well) is
> > quite easy:
>
> Just a tip from my experience lately with D
On Sat, Jul 29, 2000 at 08:41:32PM +0300, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> Generally if you use redhat/mandrake (>=6.0) then adding another directory
> to the font path of the X fonts server (which supports TTFs as well) is
> quite easy:
Just a tip from my experience lately with Debian (it's great -
I'm co
I run vncserver /vncview to see a X session on a Windows box. It took me a
while to realize that vncserver was not using the xfs server - check the
vncserver perl script for the font stuff too!
Matti
At 08:41 PM 29/7/00 +0300, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
>Generally if you use redhat/mandrake (>=6.0)
Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> And anyway - you can also install somne other fonts, such as Eli Marmor's
> Hebrew Type1 fonts (see the links in the faq page).
The guy complained for the fonts being small and ugly. Well, These
fonts are scalable (so the problem of size disapears), but are ugly
too.
--
Hi
On Sat, 29 Jul 2000, Ishai Parasol wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Jul 2000, Pavel Bibergal wrote:
>
> > Use true type fonts
> > u can take them from hebrew windows
>
>
> HOW ??? I mean, It's not working like it does with the regular font
> (mkfontdir + xset...). I just don't see it in the netscape fo
On Sat, 29 Jul 2000, Pavel Bibergal wrote:
> Use true type fonts
> u can take them from hebrew windows
HOW ??? I mean, It's not working like it does with the regular font
(mkfontdir + xset...). I just don't see it in the netscape fonts
preferences.
TIA
Ishai.
===
Use true type fonts
u can take them from hebrew windows
Mike Almogy wrote:
> Hi list.
>
> i recently installed the Netscape fonts that was published in the
> Hebrew-HOWTO.
>
> I installed it and now i can finally read Hebrew (in most places).
> However, the font themselves are quit , to be hone
- Original Message -
From: Pavel Bibergal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: linuxlist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 10:57 PM
Subject: Hebrew fonts Type1
> does anyone here has hebrew type1 fonts?
The only *good quality* Hebrew Type1 fonts I have found, apart from buying
fonts wh
On Tue, 16 May 2000, Pavel Bibergal wrote:
> does anyone here has hebrew type1 fonts?
There is a set of fonts by Eli Marmor:
http://linux.org.il/pub/local-dev/tzafrir/00INDEX.html#hebfonts
--
Tzafrir Cohen
http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir
==
On Sat, Apr 22, 2000 at 10:52:16PM +0300, Pavel Bibergal wrote:
> Ok.. people.. now you really make my go CraZy! :)
> i have no other choise but to create a fonts of my own..
> in the program i have there are 2 types of encoding.. ISO and Unicode... what should
>i
> try? i preffer unicode..
If y
Ok.. people.. now you really make my go CraZy! :)
i have no other choise but to create a fonts of my own..
in the program i have there are 2 types of encoding.. ISO and Unicode... what should i
try? i preffer unicode..
Pavel
Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:
> Well Pavel,
>
> I sat here at home from 7 PM to
Well Pavel,
I sat here at home from 7 PM to 5 AM to look for fonts, and downloaded
more then 100 fonts
I tried them on every resolution from 640x480 up to 1600x1200
Conclusion - most of them suck for a daily job. Some of the fonts don't
have all the characters like ! @ " # etc.. As someone wrot
On Sat, Apr 22, 2000 at 10:15:00AM +0300, Pavel Bibergal wrote:
> People, people.. i can see for sure that u had never messed up with graphic... :)
>
> first.. it is not so hard to create a fonts of our own..
> second.. check this site http://www.3dcafe.com/asp/fonts.asp
> it have a milions of fo
People, people.. i can see for sure that u had never messed up with graphic... :)
first.. it is not so hard to create a fonts of our own..
second.. check this site http://www.3dcafe.com/asp/fonts.asp
it have a milions of fonts.. must be some hebrew ones too..
pavel
Nadav Har'El wrote:
> On F
On Fri, Apr 21, 2000, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote about "Hebrew fonts for the Linux":
> Hi All,
>
> I just started to look for fonts for our Hebrew implementation.
>
> One of the things that I've seen is that many companies take big prices
> for their fonts (example: David font - normal, bold, italic -
I am using Alex Shnitman's (sp?) 'turkish script'
to read,
and Tsafrir's xmodemap to write.
Both are working beutifully.
Dorit
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-Original Message-
From: Tal Fainberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, November 26, 1999 4:18 PM
To: Linux
Subject: Hebrew fonts
hi ,
does anyone know where i can get hebrew font's for red-hat linux
(netscape) with
installation inst
What about TrueType fonts? Windows has some fine TTFs . RedHat's font
server (that is - their own hacked xfs) supports TTFs, so basically all
you need to do is:
1. copy some .ttf files (for instance: from /mnt/dosc/windows/Fonts) to a
certain directory. For the sake of this example I assume it is
Leonid Igolnik - LiM wrote:
> www.snunit.k12.il used to have nice pages with fonts and instructions.
>
> On Fri, 26 Nov 1999, Tal Fainberg wrote:
>
> |hi ,
> |does anyone know where i can get hebrew font's for red-hat linux
> |(netscape) with
> |installation instruction .
> |
> |
> |Thank's
> |Ta
www.snunit.k12.il used to have nice pages with fonts and instructions.
On Fri, 26 Nov 1999, Tal Fainberg wrote:
|hi ,
|does anyone know where i can get hebrew font's for red-hat linux
|(netscape) with
|installation instruction .
|
|
|Thank's
|Tal
|
|
|
Hi Micha
Thanks a lot for figuring this out.
Sorry again for my enormous stupidity,
but what exactly do I do with these definitions?
Thanks again
Dorit
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Well, aperently, I have the needed fonts installed, Its just that xemacs
wont use them. I tried xemacs -fn heb10x20 but for some reson it just
ignored the font request.
On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, Stanislav Malyshev a.k.a Frodo wrote:
> GY>> Whoops, didn't notice that in the original post - sorry, I do
GY>> Whoops, didn't notice that in the original post - sorry, I don't
GY>> use [lx]?emacs, can't help you there.
GY>>
GY>> What fonts are available for you in xemacs? Look for hebrew fonts
GY>> of the same type...?
In fact, I don't know why you are having trobules with xemacs. I run
xemacs -fn h
On Sun, Oct 17, 1999 at 07:47:54PM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote:
> The problem is not xterm, because I am using xemacs, not emacs.
> I have, at list this font installed in the path:
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/heb-tt/heb8x13.pcf.gz, and it is in my fontpath.
> xemacs still doesn't recognise it (xterm
The problem is not xterm, because I am using xemacs, not emacs.
I have, at list this font installed in the path:
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/heb-tt/heb8x13.pcf.gz, and it is in my fontpath.
xemacs still doesn't recognise it (xterm does). How is it defined in your
fonts.* files?
The thing is, I alread
On Sun, Oct 17, 1999 at 05:43:29PM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote:
> I am looking for hebrew fonts that xemacs will recognise. It won't show
> globes, the web fonts, bible, david or hebrew fixed font. Are there
> suitable fonts out there, or is there a way to make any of these fonts
> work? (I only nee
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