On 12/09/2007, <b class="gmail_sendername">U Z</b> <<a href="mailto:uz@ant.co.za">uz@ant.co.za</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Amos Shapira wrote:
<blockquote type="cite"><div><span class="e" id="q_114f78a12ffd110a_1">On 12/09/2007, <b class="gmail_sendername">U Z</b> <<a href="mailto:uz@ant.co.za" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
uz@ant.co.za</a>>
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can "type" Hebrew (in OpenOffice) by inserting a character at a time<br>
but am unable to get the keyboard to switch to Hebrew and touch type.</blockquote>
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Try installing user-he. It contains a script to configure X11 to switch
keyboard layout with Windows-style Alt-shift. <br>
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---Amos<br>
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<font face="Arial"></font>שלום עמוס<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><code>apt-get update; apt-get install user-he;
hebrew-settings</code></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite">:~# apt-get install user-he<br>
Reading package lists... Done<br>
Building dependency tree<br>
Reading state information... Done<br>
user-he is already the newest version.<br>
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</font><font face="Arial">עכשיו כבר עובד<br>
תודה רבה<br>
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</font><font face="Arial">Would help if I could find a Hebrew keyboard
layout map and possibly a
touch type tutor.</font><font face="Arial"><br>
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יעזור אם אוכל למצוא מפה של מקלדת עברית ותוכניה ללמוד כתבנות</font></div></blockquote><div><br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout#Hebrew">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout#Hebrew</a><br><br>for a map. If you find a GOOD program that teaches Hebrew touch typing on Linux I'd be interested to know about it.
<br>I'm in a bit similar situation - living abroad with no ready access to keyboards with Hebrew letters, need to learn Hebrew touch typing to be able to communicate in Hebrew effectively.<br><br>It might be worth asking on
<a href="mailto:linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il">linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il</a> (and/or check their archives first, and wear your thick(er) skin when you go there).<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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כל טוב<br>
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שנה טובה וגמר חתימה טובה</font></div></blockquote><div><br>Shana tova to you too. <br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Regards<br>
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U Z<br>
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