I can add SIL method as well. If you request for auto-shaping for final letters from, I wo'nt think it would be enabled by default. It is quite common in modern Hebrew to have a non-final forms at the end of a word for words like "microscope". There are also some biblical examples (Is. 9,6 Neh 2, 13).
Yair On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 1:20 AM, Scot Becker <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ emacs-bidi mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-bidi
