XFree86 3.1 comes with two Hebrew fonts: heb6x13, heb8x13. Additional Hebrew fonts can be found on the Net:
compress (to *.Z) the fonts to save space (NOT GZIP!!!).mkfontdir to create/re-create the fonts.dir and edit fonts.alias (optional) to define new aliases.mkfontdir does nothing. You have to add these fonts to fonts.dir manually.In short you need to set the appropriate resource.
Put the following line in the $HOME/.Xresources:
or simply start xterm with xterm -fn heb8x13 The above font is way too small, so search for a better one ... See the comments/examples on starting X11.
Usaly you can use the hebrew fonts from snunit - webfonts, Install it as described, and then put the next defaults in your local .Xdefaults or in the app-defaults/Netscape.
In general you can put any fonts insted of the webfonts files as long as its supported by X11 as described.---- *documentFonts.latin1.variable.italic*slant: r *documentFonts.latin1.variable.boldItalic*slant: r *documentFonts.latin1.variable*family: web *documentFonts.latin1.fixed*family: webmono *documentFonts.latin1*registry: iso8859 *documentFonts.latin1*encoding: 8 ----
For some reason the X server doesn't inherit the keymap from the previous paragraph, and anyway I would like to define ALT Left and ALT Right and Scroll Lock. When pressing ALT together with some key it will generate a Hebrew character, Scroll Lock will lock in Hebrew mode.
To do that we need to use xmodmap. Following is a Xmodmap which also corrects the bugs with the "Num Lock":
----- ! Hebrew key mapping for XFree86 (for US/Hebrew keyboards). ! By Vlad Moseanu ! keysym Alt_L = Mode_switch keysym Alt_R = Mode_switch !clear Mod1 clear Mod2 !add Mod1 = Alt_L add Mod2 = Mode_switch ! ! Set the mapping for each key ! keycode 8 = keycode 9 = Escape keycode 10 = 1 exclam keycode 11 = 2 at keycode 12 = 3 numbersign keycode 13 = 4 dollar keycode 14 = 5 percent keycode 15 = 6 asciicircum keycode 16 = 7 ampersand keycode 17 = 8 asterisk keycode 18 = 9 parenleft keycode 19 = 0 parenright keycode 20 = minus underscore keycode 21 = equal plus keycode 22 = Delete keycode 23 = Tab keycode 24 = q Q slash Q keycode 25 = w W apostrophe W keycode 26 = e E 0x00f7 E keycode 27 = r R 0x00f8 R keycode 28 = t T 0x00e0 T keycode 29 = y Y 0x00e8 Y keycode 30 = u U 0x00e5 U keycode 31 = i I 0x00ef I keycode 32 = o O 0x00ed O keycode 33 = p P 0x00f4 P keycode 34 = bracketleft braceleft keycode 35 = bracketright braceright keycode 36 = Return keycode 37 = Control_L keycode 38 = a A 0x00f9 A keycode 39 = s S 0x00e3 S keycode 40 = d D 0x00e2 D keycode 41 = f F 0x00eb F keycode 42 = g G 0x00f2 G keycode 43 = h H 0x00e9 H keycode 44 = j J 0x00e7 J keycode 45 = k K 0x00ec K keycode 46 = l L 0x00ea L keycode 47 = semicolon colon 0x00f3 colon keycode 48 = apostrophe quotedbl comma quotedbl keycode 49 = grave asciitilde semicolon asciitilde keycode 50 = Shift_L keycode 51 = backslash bar keycode 52 = z Z 0x00e6 Z keycode 53 = x X 0x00f1 X keycode 54 = c C 0x00e1 C keycode 55 = v V 0x00e4 V keycode 56 = b B 0x00f0 B keycode 57 = n N 0x00ee N keycode 58 = m M 0x00f6 M keycode 59 = comma less 0x00fa less keycode 60 = period greater 0x00f5 greater keycode 61 = slash question period question keycode 62 = Shift_R keycode 63 = KP_Multiply !keycode 64 = Alt_L Meta_L keycode 65 = space keycode 66 = Caps_Lock keycode 67 = F1 keycode 68 = F2 keycode 69 = F3 keycode 70 = F4 keycode 71 = F5 keycode 72 = F6 keycode 73 = F7 keycode 74 = F8 keycode 75 = Escape keycode 76 = F10 keycode 77 = Num_Lock keycode 78 = Scroll_Lock keycode 79 = KP_7 keycode 80 = KP_8 keycode 81 = KP_9 keycode 82 = KP_Subtract keycode 83 = KP_4 keycode 84 = KP_5 keycode 85 = KP_6 keycode 86 = KP_Add keycode 87 = KP_1 keycode 88 = KP_2 keycode 89 = KP_3 keycode 90 = KP_0 keycode 91 = KP_Decimal keycode 92 = Sys_Req keycode 93 = keycode 94 = keycode 95 = F11 keycode 96 = F12 keycode 97 = Home keycode 98 = Up keycode 99 = Prior keycode 100 = Left keycode 101 = Begin keycode 102 = Right keycode 103 = End keycode 104 = Down keycode 105 = Next keycode 106 = Insert keycode 107 = Delete keycode 108 = KP_Enter keycode 109 = Control_R keycode 110 = Pause keycode 111 = Print keycode 112 = KP_Divide !keycode 113 = Alt_R Meta_R keycode 114 = Break ! ! This xmodmap file can be use to set the correct numerical keypad mapping ! when "ServerNumLock" is set in the XF86Config file. In this case the ! Xserver takes care of the Num Lock processing. ! ! keycode 136 = KP_7 keycode 137 = KP_8 keycode 138 = KP_9 keycode 139 = KP_4 keycode 140 = KP_5 keycode 141 = KP_6 keycode 142 = KP_1 keycode 143 = KP_2 keycode 144 = KP_3 keycode 145 = KP_0 keycode 146 = KP_Decimal keycode 147 = Home keycode 148 = Up keycode 149 = Prior keycode 150 = Left keycode 151 = Begin keycode 152 = Right keycode 153 = End keycode 154 = Down keycode 155 = Next keycode 156 = Insert keycode 157 = Delete -----
To use the Xmodmap above define "Scroll-Lock Mode-Lock" in the XF86Config.
If you are using xdm a $HOME/.xsession should look like the following:
----- #!/bin/sh # $XConsortium: Xsession,v 1.9 92/08/29 16:24:57 gildea Exp $ # # General defs # export OPENWINHOME=/usr/openwin export MANPATH=/usr/local/man:/usr/man/preformat:/usr/man:/usr/X11R6/man #export HOSTNAME="`cat /etc/HOSTNAME`" export PATH="/bin: /usr/bin: /usr/X11/bin: /usr/X386/bin: /usr/TeX/bini: /usr/local/bin: /usr/games:." LESS=-MM if [ -z $XAPPLRESDIR ]; then XAPPLRESDIR=/usr/lib/X11/app-defaults:/usr/local/lib/X11/app-defaults else XAPPLRESDIR=$XAPPLRESDIR:/usr/lib/X11/app-defaults fi export XAPPLRESDIR # sysresources=/usr/lib/X11/Xresources sysmodmap=/usr/lib/X11/Xmodmap resources=$HOME/.Xresources xmodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap if [ -f $sysresources ]; then xrdb -merge $sysresources fi if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then xmodmap $sysmodmap fi if [ -f $resources ]; then xrdb -merge $resources fi if [ -f $xmodmap ]; then xmodmap $xmodmap fi # # Start applications # # xterm -ls -sb & xhost + # look out !!! exec fvwm -----
If you prefer startx use the above as an example for .xinitrc.