Yair, This looks great, I'll be very glad to get bidi+Hebrew working in Emacs.
I'm not sure what sort of suggestions you're open to, but having never learned to use an Israeli keyboard, I most enjoy using a layout that is anglo-friendly, like the' SIL' layout which SBL also offers. http://www.sbl-site.org/Fonts/BiblicalHebrewSILManual.pdf and here's a quick summary of the consonant and vowel layout itself: http://faculty.bbc.edu/rdecker/documents/SILHebKey.pdf The advantage of this for me is that they use a more or less phonetic mapping, and have a clever way of mapping vowels (e.g. 'e' for segol, 'E' for tsere; 'a' for patach, 'A' for qamets, see the second PDF link). This of course would be nightmarish for anyone used to typing on a proper Israeli keyboard, but it's very quick for those of us who aren't used to it. It feels just like writing transliterated Hebrew. The only things a person has to learn outright is where to put the letters with an ambiguous transliteration (tet, sin, shin). The 'Tiro' mapping still uses a basically Israeli layout for the consonants, which is more memory overhead for me. And if the layout can auto-manage the final letter forms, that's a very nice plus as well. Scot On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 10:23 PM, Yair F <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > I intend to do some work related to composition of vowel and > cantillation marks.. > To test the composition code a way to add these marks is needed. As > the OS does not support adding these an input method is in place. > > There are 4 input methods I intend to add to Emacs > > 1. SI 1452: Somewhat complex and only partially implemented on common > OS. It doesn't include cantillation marks. > Image of this mapping is here: > http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/1032/si1452layout.png > > 2. LyX: Used in X environment - more logical and easy to use,. Also > doesn't include cantillation marks. > Image of this mapping is here: > http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/8225/lyxlayout.png > > 3. Biblical-Tiro: A complete method. However, it is directed towards > biblical Hebrew and is not convenient for modern Hebrew users. > The tiro Guide is here: > http://www.sbl-site.org/Fonts/BiblicalHebrewTiroManual.pdf > > 4. Emacs: For a lack of a better name. Intend to be modern Hebrew > oriented and complete. > Image of this mapping is here: > http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/7289/emacslayout.png > > The grey background image is a common implementation of a Hebrew > keyboard. the black letters are the actual keys assigned. > For Vowel marks I added them illustrated with base letters, the input > method only add the mark. > > I would greatly appreciate any comments or suggestions you have for > those mappings. > > Thanks, > Yair > > > _______________________________________________ > emacs-bidi mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-bidi >
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