Handy Program

[Meir Kriheli]

On 01/16/2011 10:30 AM, Mordecha Behar wrote:
> I think that the people reading this list are the only ones in the world
> who would benefit from this program.
> You how you're typing in English (or Hebrew) and then look at the screen
> only to realize that you hadn't switched your keyboard? Frustrating.
> I got fed up with having to retype it all, so I wrote a little
> application to do it for me.
> I know that there are Windows programs that will do this, but none for
> Linux (that I'm aware of).

There's "behafucha":

http://hafuchalhafuch.sourceforge.net/

> My original plan was to make an OpenOffice plugin, but I don't have the
> time now to start working on that.
> The program is a Java app, and will run on any platform. (I tested it on
> Windows XP, a Debian derivative and a Red Hat derivative, one using Sun
> Java and the other IcedTea).
> I'm releasing it and its source code under the GNU GPL. Feel free to use
> it, share it, improve on it, and maybe somebody out there has the time
> and skills to write an OOo plugin from it.
> Executable JAR file: http://thatside.net/downloads/TextConverter1.1.zip
> Source code:  http://thatside.net/downloads/TextConverterSource1.1.zip
> 
> Share and enjoy!

Cheers
--
Meir