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-The Hebrew HOWTO  
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-!!!The Hebrew HOWTO  
-  
-!!Maintained by Yair G. Rajwan,  
-<tt>yair@hobbes.jct.ac.il</tt>v0.4, 12 September 1995  
-  
-  
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-''This `Frequently Asked Questions' (FAQ) / HOWTO document describes how to configure your Linux machine to use Hebrew characters on X-Windows and Virtual Consoles. The most up-to-date version of the Hebrew-HOWTO may be obtained from  
-my Web page or from  
-<tt>ftp://hobbes.jct.ac.il</tt>.''  
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-  
-  
-  
-  
-!!1. Introduction  
-  
-  
-*1.1 Changes.  
-  
-*1.2 Thanks  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-!!2. Standards for representation of Hebrew characters  
-  
-  
-*2.1 ASCII  
-  
-*2.2 DOS Hebrew  
-  
-*2.3 ISO Hebrew  
-  
-*2.4 OLD PC Hebrew  
-  
-*2.5 Conversions  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-!!3. Virtual Consoles (VCs)  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-!!4. X Windows setup - XFree86 3.1  
-  
-  
-*4.1 Hebrew fonts.  
-  
-*4.2 Installing fonts  
-  
-*4.3 Making an X application to use Hebrew fonts.  
-  
-*4.4 Mapping the keyboard.  
-  
-*4.5 Integrating all the above, examples.  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-!!5. Shells setup.  
-  
-  
-*5.1 bash  
-  
-*5.2 tcsh  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-!!6. Applications  
-  
-  
-*6.1 Vim  
-  
-*6.2 Hebrew pine and pico  
-  
-*6.3 Some emacs Hebrew ports.  
-  
-*6.4 Dosemu  
-  
-*6.5 XHTerm  
-  
-*6.6 TeX--XeT - Hebrew Tex.  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-!!7. Printer setup  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-!!8. Commercial products.  
-  
-  
-*8.1 El-Mar software.  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-!!9. Hebrew around the Internet.  
-  
-  
-*9.1 WWW  
-  
-*9.2 Gopher  
-  
-*9.3 Ftp  
-  
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-  
-!!1. Introduction  
-  
-  
-Any language setup, other than the original American English, has two  
-issues:  
-  
-  
-# Displaying the right characters (fonts) - for Hebrew it's  
-ISO-8859-8 standard.  
-#  
-  
-# Mapping the keyboard.  
-#  
-  
-  
-  
-There is much more to Hebrew than that (like right to left, geometry in  
-X-Windows,etc), but this HOWTO (at least for the first draft) deals only  
-with the basic issues.  
-  
-  
-  
- More information can be found in the various "national" HOWTOs  
-(German, Danish, etc.) and in the ISO 8859-1 HOWTO (  
-ftp://ftp.vlsivie.tuwien.ac.at/pub/8bit FAQ-ISO-8859-1).  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-!!1.1 Changes.  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-*FIRST DRAFT to .2.  
-  
-  
-Most of this file is taken from the first draft by Vlad Moseanu.  
-  
-*  
-  
-*.2 to .3Beta.  
-  
-  
-Added excerpts from documents from the archive e-brew.zip from  
-ftp://ftp.jer1.co.il/pub/software/msdos/communication,  
-and some bug fixes with the help of JCT Linux-il group members.  
-  
-*  
-  
-*.3Beta to .4.  
-  
-  
-After the first release of the Hebrew-HOWTO to the Linux-il it contain all  
-the E-mail send to me regarding spelling/grammer and Tex-Xet, Mule and Vim  
-info.  
-  
-*  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-!!1.2 Thanks  
-  
-  
-  
-This HOWTO prepared by the help of all the group: Linux-il - 'The Israeli Linux users group' and especially by:  
-  
-  
- The Linux-il group  
-(Linux-il@hagiga.jct.ac.il)  
-  
- Vlad Moseanu  
-(vlad@actcom.co.il)  
-  
- Gili Granot  
-(gil@csc.cs.technion.ac.il)  
-  
- Harvey J. Stein  
-(hjstein@math.huji.ac.il)  
-  
- Dovie Adler  
-(dadler@hobbes.jct.ac.il)  
-  
- Gavrie Philipson  
-(gavrie@shekel.jct.ac.il)  
-  
-  
-----  
-  
-!!2. Standards for representation of Hebrew characters  
-  
-!!2.1 ASCII  
-  
-  
-  
-To make one thing clear, for once and forever: There is no such thing as  
-8-bit ASCII. ASCII is only 7 bits. Any 8-bit code is not ASCII, but that  
-doesn't mean it's not standard. ISO-8859-8 is standard, but not ASCII. Thanks!  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-!!2.2 DOS Hebrew  
-  
-  
-  
-The Hebrew encoding starts at 128d for Aleph. Therefore, encoding requires  
-8 bits. This is what you have on the Video card EPROM hardware fonts, all of  
-the Hebrew DOS based editors use this table (Qtext, HED, etc.).  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-!!2.3 ISO Hebrew  
-  
-  
-  
-The Hebrew encoding starts at 224 for Aleph. This is the Internet standard,  
-international standard and basically the standard for Ms-Windows and for  
-Macintoshes (Dagesh, etc...).  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-!!2.4 OLD PC Hebrew  
-  
-  
-  
-This is 7-bit, and obsolete, as it occupies essentially the same ASCII  
-range as English lowercase letters. So, it is best avoided. However, when  
-ISO Hebrew gets its eighth bit stripped off by some ignorant Unix mail program  
-(so you get a jumble of English letters for the Hebrew part of your message  
-and the regular English, reversed or not, mixed in), you will get this, and  
-will need to transform it to PC or ISO. If there was English mixed in with  
-the Hebrew, this will be a sad situation, as you will either get Hebrew plus  
-jumble, or English plus jumble...  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-!!2.5 Conversions  
-  
-  
-  
-Here are some simple scripts to convert from each standard to the other:  
-  
-  
-DOS - ISO: tr '\200-\232' '\340-\372' < {dos_file} > {iso_file}  
-ISO - DOS: tr '\340-\372' '\200-\232' < {iso_file} > {dos_file}  
-OLD - DOS: tr -z '\200-\232' < {old_Hebrew_file} > {dos_file}  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-NOTE: The numbers use by tr are in octal!  
-  
-  
-  
-----  
-  
-!!3. Virtual Consoles (VCs)  
-  
-  
-Every distribution of Slackware comes with kbd; the package is called  
-keytbls under Slackware (a4 in 2.3.0 - kbd .90). Joel Hoffman has contributed  
-Hebrew fonts and keymaps from his original codepage.tar.Z file. Look under  
-/usr/lib/kbd for iso08.* files. It follows ISO 8859-8 and the Hebrew keytables  
-and maps.  
-  
-  
-Put the following lines in /etc/rc.d/rc.local:  
-  
-  
------  
-#!/bin/sh  
-# Put any local setup commands in here  
-#  
-INITTY=/dev/tty [[1-6 ]  
-PATH=/sbin:/etc:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin  
-#  
-# kbd - Set the the console font and keyboard  
-# set numlock and set metabit mode on tty1 .. tty8  
-for tty in $INITTY  
-do  
-# setleds -D +num < $tty > /dev/null  
-setmetamode metabit < $tty > /dev/null  
-done  
-# Latin8(Hebrew) keyboard/console  
-setfont iso08.f16  
-mapscrn trivial  
-loadkeys Hebrew  
-# enable mapping  
-for tty in $INITTY  
-do  
-echo -n -e "\\033(K" >$tty  
-done  
------  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-NOTE: If you are using X Windows be careful with "setleds", it may hang the X  
-server.  
-  
-  
-The above setup works fine with the Hebrew version of pico (pine) and  
-displays correctly ISO 8859-8 Hebrew (X Windows, MS Windows).  
-  
-  
-  
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-  
-!!4. X Windows setup - XFree86 3.1  
-  
-!!4.1 Hebrew fonts.  
-  
-  
-  
-XFree86 3.1 comes with two Hebrew fonts: heb6x13, heb8x13. Additional  
-Hebrew fonts can be found on the Net:  
-  
-  
-*  
- The web Type1 fonts (Helvetica/David style  
-(proportional) and Courier/Shalom Stick style (fixed space) ) from the  
-snunit-project archive at  
-ftp://snunit.huji.ac.il/pub/fonts/, it's good for netscape Hebrew  
-pages.  
-*  
-  
-*Avner Lottem, (  
-lottem@techUnix.technion.ac.il) put some Hebrew-ISO 8859-8 fonts  
-on archive at  
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/X11/fonts/hebxfonts-.1.tgz,  
-it has a font that's good for dosemu under X-Windows (read his README file).  
-*  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-!! 4.2 Installing fonts  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-*  
- Fonts exaptable: pcf (Portable Compiled Format),  
-bdf (Bitmap Distribution Format), pfb (Type1 fonts).  
-  
-*  
-  
-*Move the fonts to some existing directory (/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc) or  
-create a new one (/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Hebrew). compress (to *.Z) the fonts  
-to save space (NOT GZIP!!!).  
-  
-*  
-  
-*Run the mkfontdir to create/re-create the fonts.dir and edit  
-fonts.alias (optional) to define new aliases.  
-  
-*  
-  
-*For Type1 fonts, mkfontdir does nothing. You have to add these  
-fonts to fonts.dir manually.  
-  
-*  
-  
-*Make sure that the directory is in the X server path. Edit the  
-XF86Config and add the appropriate path -- !FontPath  
-"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/...".  
-*  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-!!4.3 Making an X application to use Hebrew fonts.  
-  
-  
-  
-In short you need to set the appropriate resource.  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-!Xterm  
-  
-  
-Put the following line in the $HOME/.Xresources:  
-  
-  
-xterm*font: heb8x13  
-  
-  
-or simply start xterm with xterm -fn heb8x13  
-The above font is way too small, so search for a better one ...  
-See the comments/examples on starting X11.  
-  
-!Netscape  
-  
-  
-Usaly you can use the hebrew fonts from  
-snunit - webfonts, Install it  
-as described, and then put the next defaults in your local  
-.Xdefaults or in the app-defaults/Netscape.  
-  
-  
-----  
-*documentFonts.latin1.variable.italic*slant: r  
-*documentFonts.latin1.variable.boldItalic*slant: r  
-*documentFonts.latin1.variable*family: web  
-*documentFonts.latin1.fixed*family: webmono  
-*documentFonts.latin1*registry: iso8859  
-*documentFonts.latin1*encoding: 8  
-----  
-  
-  
-In general you can put any fonts insted of the webfonts files as long as  
-its supported by X11  
-as described.  
-  
-!!4.4 Mapping the keyboard.  
-  
-  
-  
-For some reason the X server doesn't inherit the keymap from the previous  
-paragraph, and anyway I would like to define ALT Left and ALT Right and Scroll  
-Lock. When pressing ALT together with some key it will generate a Hebrew  
-character, Scroll Lock will lock in Hebrew mode.  
-  
-  
-To do that we need to use xmodmap. Following is a Xmodmap which also  
-corrects the bugs with the "Num Lock":  
-  
-  
------  
-! Hebrew key mapping for XFree86 (for US/Hebrew keyboards).  
-! By Vlad Moseanu  
-!  
-keysym Alt_L = Mode_switch  
-keysym Alt_R = Mode_switch  
-!clear Mod1  
-clear Mod2  
-!add Mod1 = Alt_L  
-add Mod2 = Mode_switch  
-!  
-! Set the mapping for each key  
-!  
-keycode 8 =  
-keycode 9 = Escape  
-keycode 10 = 1 exclam  
-keycode 11 = 2 at  
-keycode 12 = 3 numbersign  
-keycode 13 = 4 dollar  
-keycode 14 = 5 percent  
-keycode 15 = 6 asciicircum  
-keycode 16 = 7 ampersand  
-keycode 17 = 8 asterisk  
-keycode 18 = 9 parenleft  
-keycode 19 = 0 parenright  
-keycode 20 = minus underscore  
-keycode 21 = equal plus  
-keycode 22 = Delete  
-keycode 23 = Tab  
-keycode 24 = q Q slash Q  
-keycode 25 = w W apostrophe W  
-keycode 26 = e E 0x00f7 E  
-keycode 27 = r R 0x00f8 R  
-keycode 28 = t T 0x00e0 T  
-keycode 29 = y Y 0x00e8 Y  
-keycode 30 = u U 0x00e5 U  
-keycode 31 = i I 0x00ef I  
-keycode 32 = o O 0x00ed O  
-keycode 33 = p P 0x00f4 P  
-keycode 34 = bracketleft braceleft  
-keycode 35 = bracketright braceright  
-keycode 36 = Return  
-keycode 37 = Control_L  
-keycode 38 = a A 0x00f9 A  
-keycode 39 = s S 0x00e3 S  
-keycode 40 = d D 0x00e2 D  
-keycode 41 = f F 0x00eb F  
-keycode 42 = g G 0x00f2 G  
-keycode 43 = h H 0x00e9 H  
-keycode 44 = j J 0x00e7 J  
-keycode 45 = k K 0x00ec K  
-keycode 46 = l L 0x00ea L  
-keycode 47 = semicolon colon 0x00f3 colon  
-keycode 48 = apostrophe quotedbl comma quotedbl  
-keycode 49 = grave asciitilde semicolon asciitilde  
-keycode 50 = Shift_L  
-keycode 51 = backslash bar  
-keycode 52 = z Z 0x00e6 Z  
-keycode 53 = x X 0x00f1 X  
-keycode 54 = c C 0x00e1 C  
-keycode 55 = v V 0x00e4 V  
-keycode 56 = b B 0x00f0 B  
-keycode 57 = n N 0x00ee N  
-keycode 58 = m M 0x00f6 M  
-keycode 59 = comma less 0x00fa less  
-keycode 60 = period greater 0x00f5 greater  
-keycode 61 = slash question period question  
-keycode 62 = Shift_R  
-keycode 63 = KP_Multiply  
-!keycode 64 = Alt_L Meta_L  
-keycode 65 = space  
-keycode 66 = Caps_Lock  
-keycode 67 = F1  
-keycode 68 = F2  
-keycode 69 = F3  
-keycode 70 = F4  
-keycode 71 = F5  
-keycode 72 = F6  
-keycode 73 = F7  
-keycode 74 = F8  
-keycode 75 = Escape  
-keycode 76 = F10  
-keycode 77 = Num_Lock  
-keycode 78 = Scroll_Lock  
-keycode 79 = KP_7  
-keycode 80 = KP_8  
-keycode 81 = KP_9  
-keycode 82 = KP_Subtract  
-keycode 83 = KP_4  
-keycode 84 = KP_5  
-keycode 85 = KP_6  
-keycode 86 = KP_Add  
-keycode 87 = KP_1  
-keycode 88 = KP_2  
-keycode 89 = KP_3  
-keycode 90 = KP_  
-keycode 91 = KP_Decimal  
-keycode 92 = Sys_Req  
-keycode 93 =  
-keycode 94 =  
-keycode 95 = F11  
-keycode 96 = F12  
-keycode 97 = Home  
-keycode 98 = Up  
-keycode 99 = Prior  
-keycode 100 = Left  
-keycode 101 = Begin  
-keycode 102 = Right  
-keycode 103 = End  
-keycode 104 = Down  
-keycode 105 = Next  
-keycode 106 = Insert  
-keycode 107 = Delete  
-keycode 108 = KP_Enter  
-keycode 109 = Control_R  
-keycode 110 = Pause  
-keycode 111 = Print  
-keycode 112 = KP_Divide  
-!keycode 113 = Alt_R Meta_R  
-keycode 114 = Break  
-!  
-! This xmodmap file can be use to set the correct numerical keypad mapping  
-! when "!ServerNumLock" is set in the XF86Config file. In this case the  
-! Xserver takes care of the Num Lock processing.  
-!  
-!  
-keycode 136 = KP_7  
-keycode 137 = KP_8  
-keycode 138 = KP_9  
-keycode 139 = KP_4  
-keycode 140 = KP_5  
-keycode 141 = KP_6  
-keycode 142 = KP_1  
-keycode 143 = KP_2  
-keycode 144 = KP_3  
-keycode 145 = KP_  
-keycode 146 = KP_Decimal  
-keycode 147 = Home  
-keycode 148 = Up  
-keycode 149 = Prior  
-keycode 150 = Left  
-keycode 151 = Begin  
-keycode 152 = Right  
-keycode 153 = End  
-keycode 154 = Down  
-keycode 155 = Next  
-keycode 156 = Insert  
-keycode 157 = Delete  
------  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-To use the Xmodmap above define "Scroll-Lock Mode-Lock" in the XF86Config.  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-!!4.5 Integrating all the above, examples.  
-  
-  
-  
-If you are using xdm a $HOME/.xsession should look like the following:  
-  
-  
------  
-#!/bin/sh  
-# $XConsortium: Xsession,v 1.9 92/08/29 16:24:57 gildea Exp $  
-#  
-# General defs  
-#  
-export OPENWINHOME=/usr/openwin  
-export MANPATH=/usr/local/man:/usr/man/preformat:/usr/man:/usr/X11R6/man  
-#export HOSTNAME="`cat /etc/HOSTNAME`"  
-export PATH="/bin: /usr/bin: /usr/X11/bin: /usr/X386/bin: /usr/TeX/bini: /usr/local/bin: /usr/games:."  
-LESS=-MM  
-if [[ -z $XAPPLRESDIR ]; then  
-XAPPLRESDIR=/usr/lib/X11/app-defaults:/usr/local/lib/X11/app-defaults  
-else  
-XAPPLRESDIR=$XAPPLRESDIR:/usr/lib/X11/app-defaults  
-fi  
-export XAPPLRESDIR  
-#  
-sysresources=/usr/lib/X11/Xresources  
-sysmodmap=/usr/lib/X11/Xmodmap  
-resources=$HOME/.Xresources  
-xmodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap  
-if [[ -f $sysresources ]; then  
-xrdb -merge $sysresources  
-fi  
-if [[ -f $sysmodmap ]; then  
-xmodmap $sysmodmap  
-fi  
-if [[ -f $resources ]; then  
-xrdb -merge $resources  
-fi  
-if [[ -f $xmodmap ]; then  
-xmodmap $xmodmap  
-fi  
-#  
-# Start applications  
-#  
-# xterm -ls -sb &  
-xhost + # look out !!!  
-exec fvwm  
------  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-If you prefer startx use the above as an example for .xinitrc.  
-  
-  
-  
-----  
-  
-!!5. Shells setup.  
-  
-  
-For more details read the  
-ISO 8859-1 HOWTO.  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-!!5.1 bash  
-  
-  
-  
-Create a $HOME/.inputrc contain the following:  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
------  
-set meta-flag On  
-set convert-meta Off  
-set output-meta On  
------  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-!!5.2 tcsh  
-  
-  
-  
-Define the following in the $HOME/.login or /etc/csh.login:  
- setenv LANG iw_IL.ISO8859-8 (or iw_IL)  
-Actually because the binary version of tcsh is complied without nls the LANG  
-can be set to anything and it will still work (no need for /usr/lib/nls...).  
-The lang. name also shows my Digital bias ...  
-  
-  
-  
-----  
-  
-!!6. Applications  
-  
-!!6.1 Vim  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-*The Vim is a Vi IMproved editor with some enhanced commands and the  
-hebrew support was made bu Dov Grobgeld (HED developer).  
-*  
-  
-*Another Vim patch announced by Avner Lottem,  
-lottem@techunix.technion.ac.il and can be obtained from  
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/editors/vi/vim3.-rlh0.1.tgz.  
-*  
-  
-*For more info, you can look at  
-http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/~gil/var.html  
-*  
-  
-  
-!!6.2 Hebrew pine and pico  
-  
-  
-  
-  
- The pine and it's additional editor pico had been changed by Helen Zommer  
-from CC-huji and has a bug-report mail:  
-pineh-bug@horizon.cc.huji.ac.il. It can be down-loaded from  
-ftp://horizon.cc.huji.ac.il/pub.  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-!!6.3 Some emacs Hebrew ports.  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-*Hebrew package by Joseph Friedman. It includes some Hebrew fonts in BDF  
-format, patch for emacs 18.58 and an elisp package. It is fine, but nobody  
-uses emacs 18.* anymore. It can be obtained from:  
-ftp://archive.cis.ohio-state.edu/pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/misc/Hebrew.tar.Z.  
-*  
-  
-*A very simple Hebrew package. Includes only right-to-left cursor movement  
-support and right-to-left sorting. Works without any patches with FSF emacs  
-19. Can be obtained from  
-ftp://archive.cis.ohio-state.edu/pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/misc/Hebrew.el.Z.  
-*  
-  
-*One of emacs branches - MULE (Multi Lingual Emacs) Supports a lot of  
-languages including Hebrew. It compiles and runs under Linux with no problem.  
-It is full Emacs, with Hebrew support and double-direction handling. It can be  
-obtained from:  
-ftp://kelim.jct.ac.il/pub/Hebrew  
-*  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-!!6.4 Dosemu  
-  
-  
-  
-For a VC dosemu you can use your Hebrew from the Video card EPROM, and if  
-you don't have it there are plenty of Hebrew dos fonts from EGA support to  
-the VGA Hebrew support.  
-  
-  
-For X-Windows support you should download the file:  
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/X11/fonts/hebxfonts-.1.tgz  
-it's contain some fonts include one called vgah.pcf that you should install  
-it on your fonts directory as describe  
-above  
-the fonts are:  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-!!6.5 XHTerm  
-  
-  
-  
-There is a main port of the regular X-Term program for use with a Hebrew  
-fonts - XHTerm = xterm + Hebrew support. The port for a sun machine was  
-made avalible by the help of Danny  
-<tt>danny@cs.huji.ac.il</tt>. Evgeny has some patch for use this port  
-under Linux. His version should come with a pre-compiled XHTerm for both  
-X11R5 and X11R6. You should use xhterm with the option -fn and a Hebrew  
-font  
-as described!  
-Danny's port (for SUN) can be obtained from:  
-ftp://ftp.huji.ac.il/pub/local/xhterm  
-and the patched version of Evgeny Stambulchik is on:  
-ftp://plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il/pub/software/linux  
-Get it from there and you'll get 5  
-fonts with it: [[heb10x20.pcf, heb6x13.bdf, heb6x13.pcf, heb8x13.bdf, heb8x13.pcf]  
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-!!6.6 TeX--XeT - Hebrew Tex.  
-  
-  
-  
-The bigest problem with Tex with Hebrew is that the charecters should go  
-backwards relative to Visual look (i.e. pico inserts the charecters from  
-right to left), so the best thing is to get XHterm with a regular emacs and  
-write the Hebrew left to right, backwards as well.  
-  
-  
-The newer NTeX distribution on sunsite (v1.5) includes everything, including  
-TeX--XeT, precompiled for Linux. It can be obtained from  
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu.gz/pub/Linux/apps/tex/ntex. An older version of  
-TeX--XeT can be obtained from  
-ftp://noa.huji.ac.il/tex. This  
-older version, however, has to be recompiled (not recommended).  
-  
-  
-These TeX distributions are fine if you use LaTeX2.09. If you want to use  
-LaTeX2e (the current de facto standard) you have a problem.  
-Alon Ziv  
-(alonz@csa.cs.technion.ac.il) is currently working in support for  
-LaTeX2e with Hebrew, using the Babel languages system. I don't know the  
-current status of his work -- ask him!  
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-!!7. Printer setup  
-  
-  
-Mainly there is not to say, if you have a regular ASCII line printer  
-(who does, these days?) there is a good chance that there are Hebrew fonts  
-in it on the EPROM chip.  
-  
-  
-If you use !PostScript, you should download soft fonts to the printer (you  
-can always use the  
-earlier mentioned Web fonts for  
-that. These fonts are also useable with Ghostscript).  
-  
-  
-If you have a PCL printer (!LaserJet etc.), you can either use font  
-cartridges or use Ghostscript.  
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-!!8. Commercial products.  
-  
-!!8.1 El-Mar software.  
-  
-  
-  
-The Hebrew Support for X-Windows & Motif, is a product of El-Mar  
-Software, which adds Hebrew functionality to many of the parts and layers of  
-X-Windows and Motif, including Xlib, all of the widgets of Motif, hterm  
-(Hebrew xterm), demos and simple useful applications (e.g. bi-lingual  
-Motif-based editor), fonts (including scalable Type1), keyboard-manager in  
-order to allow Hebrew and push-mode for non-Motif applications, etc.  
-  
-  
-Despite allowing many new features and variations for Motif widgets, the  
-support doesn't have any modification to internal data-structures of Motif, so  
-existing applications which were compiled and linked under non-Hebrew  
-environment and libraries, can be relinked (without compilation!) and run  
-with Hebrew (you can replace shared-libraries, so even the relink is not  
-needed!)  
-  
-  
-By using another tool of us, Motif/Xplorer, you can take commercial  
-applications (without their source) and translate them to Hebrew. This was  
-the way of giving Hebrew support for Oracle Forms 4, Intellicorp's Kappa and  
-OMW, CA-Unicenter, and many other leading UNIX tools sold in Israel. This  
-product was purchased and adopted by most of the workstation vendors (9 of  
-them, including the biggest: Sun, HP, SGI), and many other software houses.  
-There are Makefiles for more than 30 platforms and operating systems.  
-  
-  
-We believe only in open software, so all the customers get the compelete  
-source code. We have good relations with the leading forces in this industry,  
-including the technical staff of X-Consortium and the technical staff of  
-COSE.  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-Eli Marmor  
-El-Mar Software Ltd.  
-Voice: 050-237338  
-FAX: 09-984279  
-  
-  
-marmor@sunshine.cs.biu.ac.il  
-  
-P.S.: The announcement of the Arabic Support for X-Windows & Motif, is expected  
-in January. English, Hebrew, and Arabic will be handled by 8 bits (!),  
-including the full set of Arabic glyphes.  
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-!!9. Hebrew around the Internet.  
-  
-!!9.1 WWW  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-*Jerusalem 1 - has many program and FAQ files about Hebrew on Unix and  
-other platforms  
-http://www.jer1.co.il.  
-*  
-  
-*Gili Granot's Hebrew archive page - sumerize of all Hebrew related  
-issues around the Web (include all kind of files)  
-http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/~gil.  
-*  
-  
-*Gavrie has some info about Hebrew on his ftp site:  
-ftp://kelim.jct.ac.il  
-*  
-  
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-  
-  
-!!9.2 Gopher  
-  
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-  
-  
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-*A one word testing for Hebrew-gopher can be found on  
-gopher://shekel.jct.ac.il  
-*  
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-!!9.3 Ftp  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-  
-*Some Tex-Xet programs and the main FTP site for Tex Hebrew support for  
-PC and Unix is at  
-ftp://noa.huji.ac.il/tex.  
-*  
-  
-*Horizon site as  
-said allready contains the  
-main site of pine/pico Hebrew support -  
-ftp://horizon.huji.ac.il/pub.  
-*  
-  
-*Gili Granot's Hebrew archive page ftp site is at  
-ftp://ssl.cs.technion.ac.il/pub .  
-*  
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+Describe [HowToHebrewHOWTO ] here