libreoffice+hebrew nikud

[Dotan Cohen]

2012/2/26 Arie Skliarouk <skliarie at gmail.com>:
> Hi,
>
> A friend of mine asked me for a solution to type weekly "daf-kesher" for his
> boy's school. His requirements are pretty basic - all interface to be on
> hebrew, basic text editing, rashi fonts, nikud, way to scan or transfer
> photos from a camera and embed them into the document.
>
> He has no prior experience with computers, so re-learning is not an issue
> here.
>
> Ubuntu with hebrew-enabled intertface and libreoffice so far fit the
> requirements. So far he has not mentioned "responsa" or similar, which would
> stop ubuntu approach in its tracks.
>
> I am concerned on the nikud part, e.g. how well libreoffice supports it.
> Googling shows rendering issues. The https://bugs.freedesktop.org is down at
> the moment, so I could not perform more detailed analysis. Can someone
> testify on the level the hebrew nikud is supported in the libreoffice?
>
> Also, the page with nikud extension for openoffice is down:
> http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project/nikud
> Does anyone know the where I can download up-to-date version of the
> extension?
>

I use the Hebrew keymap Lyx to type Nikud. All the nikud are easy to
find, Kamatz is on Shift-ק, Patach on Shift-פ, and so forth. Just
enable it in the Keyboard settings.


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