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The Hebrew HOWTO

Maintained by Yair G. Rajwan, <tt> yair@hobbes.jct.ac.il</tt>

v0.4, 12 September 1995

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This `Frequently Asked Questions' (FAQ) / HOWTO document describes how to configure your Linux machine to use Hebrew characters on X-Windows and Virtual Consoles. The most up-to-date version of the Hebrew-HOWTO may be obtained from my Web page or from <tt> ftp://hobbes.jct.ac.il</tt> .

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1. Introduction

• 1.1 Changes.
• 1.2 Thanks

2. Standards for representation of Hebrew characters

• 2.1 ASCII
• 2.2 DOS Hebrew
• 2.3 ISO Hebrew
• 2.4 OLD PC Hebrew
• 2.5 Conversions

3. Virtual Consoles (VCs)

4. X Windows setup - XFree86 3.1

• 4.1 Hebrew fonts.
• 4.2 Installing fonts
• 4.3 Making an X application to use Hebrew fonts.
• 4.4 Mapping the keyboard.
• 4.5 Integrating all the above, examples.

5. Shells setup.

• 5.1 bash
• 5.2 tcsh

6. Applications

• 6.1 Vim
• 6.2 Hebrew pine and pico
• 6.3 Some emacs Hebrew ports.
• 6.4 Dosemu
• 6.5 XHTerm
• 6.6 TeX--XeT - Hebrew Tex.

7. Printer setup

8. Commercial products.

• 8.1 El-Mar software.

9. Hebrew around the Internet.

• 9.1 WWW
• 9.2 Gopher
• 9.3 Ftp

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