 Foreign Characters, זרו etc. |
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 Dec 27 2007, 03:12 PM
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Is there anyway to work with these characters like זרו for example?
I need a shortcut key to type the letters, for example escape + a = ו I also need some programs that will read files which have זור correctly Is this possible? If anyone has experience with it plz help me. Actually i just realized that i only need a text editor that understands extended-ascii and a way to map key-combinations to a special ascii char. It should be possible but i have NO idea how 
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Dec 27 2007, 03:20 PM
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QUOTE(geeko @ Dec 27 2007, 11:12 PM)  Is there anyway to work with these characters like זרו for example? I need a shortcut key to type the letters, for example escape + a = ו I also need some programs that will read files which have זור correctly Is this possible? If anyone has experience with it plz help me. Actually i just realized that i only need a text editor that understands extended-ascii and a way to map key-combinations to a special ascii char. It should be possible but i have NO idea how in vim, CTRL-V then a control sequence allows inputting of some special characters, does that do anythign for you? |
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Dec 27 2007, 04:44 PM
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i havent tried it, but i tested emacs in console cause emacs has special char support but it doesn't show up correctly so if vim is run from console i think the same will happen.
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Jan 2 2008, 09:46 AM
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QUOTE(geeko @ Dec 28 2007, 09:44 AM) i havent tried it, but i tested emacs in console cause emacs has special char support but it doesn't show up correctly so if vim is run from console i think the same will happen. It may be obvious but just in case... Have you tried to use a different font? Some fonts are limited to a restricted character set. |
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Jan 2 2008, 07:29 PM
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When you say "extended ASCII" what exactly do you mean ?
IMHO, 8 bit ASCII is a poor choice; I think it's better to select a character coding you want to use, then you can work out which font supports it, keymaps, hotkeys, how to create the text. I had the same kind of problem using Thai, I had to create some tools to make it easier. |
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Jan 17 2008, 12:31 PM
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the point isn't that it has to be 8 bit ascii, but that 8bit ascii is sufficient.
If you are using a text editor that supports UTF-8, Unicode or whatever + you can map keys to special chars, PLEASE tell me how you do it and what apps you use. Thx in advance |
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Jan 17 2008, 12:48 PM
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Look on Meanie's website, specifically here:
http://www.users.on.net/~hluc/myZaurus/custom.html#mapping |
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Jan 17 2008, 01:48 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 149 Joined: 25-February 06 From: Nagoya, Japan Member No.: 9,232 |
In VIM, if I set the font to unifont, and type :
a<CTRL-H>a, the character ו appears correctly. Digraphs must be enabled. Same thing if I do: <CTRL-V>229 It works also with other characters you mentioned. |
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Jan 18 2008, 12:22 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 27 Joined: 8-November 07 Member No.: 20,914 |
and you are just running VIM through standard console right? btw no i didn't even think about the fonts thing.. i will check it out for sure
@jon_j: thx, this looks like it will definitely help |
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Jan 18 2008, 02:07 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 149 Joined: 25-February 06 From: Nagoya, Japan Member No.: 9,232 |
I'm using VIM on Qkonsole with unifont as you can see here :
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Jan 19 2008, 12:00 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 27 Joined: 8-November 07 Member No.: 20,914 |
ye u are right
that + the mapping is what i need i should be able to figure it out now thx guys |
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