Hebrew FAQ

[Aharon Schkolnik]

On Monday 23 March 2009, Oron Peled wrote:
> On Monday, 23 בMarch 2009, Rami Rosen wrote:
> > Then, in order to make this "USA" an english-hebrew toggle:
> >
> > Right click on the USA.
> > Go to "Keyboard prefernces".
> > Go to layouts
> > Choose "add".
> > Select "Israel"
> >
> > That's it. Left click on "USA" will change it to Isr and the language to
> > Hebrew, clicking again will set it to english back.
>
> While at this dialog, you may want to adjust few more settings:
>  * Choose the layout "variant" as "lyx" -- this enables you
>    sane input of diacritics ("nikud").
>  * Choose what keyboard modifier combination toggles the language
>    (so you don't need the mouse). Personally I use both-shift-keys
>    but many people choose Left-Alt-Shift to make it work like Windows.
>  * Choose an optional LED. Most people choose "scroll lock" which is
>    not needed nowdays. It helps see if you are in the default language
>    or not.

All set up and working !

Thanks !


>
> [In the KDE dialog that Oleg mentioned you can find the same
>  options in similar positions]
>
> Cheers,


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