Re: Hebrew editing lilypond

[Richard Schoeller]

Aaron,

If you are using Linux then gedit works great in combination with the
keyboard switcher applet.  It helps if you can either touch type Hebrew
or have a Hebrew key caps.

Dick
who has been messing with Yiddish song titles

On Tue, 2005-05-31 at 11:15 -0700, Aaron Mehl wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am most impressed I can now output hebrew with
> lilypond !
> 
> But I thought it would be wise to my editor results.
> 
> I tried emacs but couldn't figure out how to type
> hebrew, I know it doesn't support bidi (bidirection)
> so I  didn't try so hard.
> 
> jedit: I didn't have a clue how to make it type
> hebrew, any jedit gurus out there?
> 
> gvim: After googling for the thread I started on
> linux-il I was able to type hebrew, the setup isn't
> painless but it sure works.
> 
> here is what I did:
> 
> in gvim type this:
> :set rightleft
> After you do this, the screen should flip right-left,
> but still input English in insert mode. Then do
> :set hkmap
> and insert mode should input Hebrew (you'll see it as
> Hebrew if you use a iso8859-8 font). Note 'insert
> mode'.
> 
> go to the edit window and choose a hebrew font.
> I am on linux so I install the culmus fonts.
> I choose miriam and in kde switched to the il keyboard
> and viola hebrew.
> 
> If anyone has other editors that work with hebrew
> please let me know.
> 
> Aaron
> 
> 
> 
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