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2012-07-04T11:19:21Z

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''These instructions refer to previous devices, for N900 please go to [[Hebrew N900]]''

This guide covers setting up Hebrew support in Maemo. These instructions assume [[root access]].

= Hebrew for N800/810 =

== Fonts ==

* Copying some Culmus fonts (Nachlieli, David, etc.) or Windows fonts with Hebrew (Arial, Tahoma, etc.) to <code>/home/user/.fonts</code> is useful in some applications.
* Some applications' interface elements use Nokia fonts, so they need to be replaced with fonts that include Hebrew glyphs. Unfortunately, the fonts Nokia use are not free, so I can't distribute the Hebrew including version. To generate these fonts:
** Copy the files <code>nosnr.ttf</code>, <code>nosnb.ttf</code>, and <code>nscnr.ttf</code> from <code>/usr/share/fonts/nokia</code> on the device to a PC.
** Make sure you have [http://fontforge.sourceforge.net/ FontForge] installed.
** Copy Nachlieli Culmus fonts (all files beginning with Nach) from where they are installed in your system to the same directory as the Nokia files.
** Download [http://www.arava.co.il/matan/770/heb/fontmerge fontmerge] and run it in the same directory. to do that run:
::<code>fontforge -lang=ff -script fontmerge</code>
<ul><ul>
<li>Copy the generated <code>nosnb-h.ttf</code>, <code>nosnr-h.ttf</code>, and <code>nscnr-h.ttf</code> to <code>/usr/share/fonts/nokia</code> on the device, and remove the <code>-h</code> from the name, in order to overwrite the original fonts.</li>
<li>Other fonts that might need to be fixed similarly are <code>NtmRR4nh.ttf</code>, <code>NcrRR4nh.ttf</code>, and <code>SwaRR4nh.ttf</code> from <code>/usr/share/fonts</code>. This can be done with the [http://www.arava.co.il/matan/770/heb/fontmerge2 fontmerge2] script. It seems that <code>SwaRR4nh.ttf</code> is the font used for the keyboard keys, so you must do this if you want to use Hebrew keyboard.</li></ul>
<li>After installing or changing fonts, you should run <code>fc-cache -f</code>. A reboot might be needed for some applications or parts of the GUI to use the new fonts.</li></ul>

== Virtual keyboard ==

Copy the file <code>[http://www.arava.co.il/matan/770/heb/he_IL.vkb he_IL.vkb]</code> to <code>/usr/share/keyboards</code>. Then he_IL is added to the list of available languages for the keyboard.

== iconv modules ==

These modules are necessary for some applications (FBreader, Minimo). Download <code>[http://www.arava.co.il/matan/770/heb/gconv.tar.gz gconv.tar.gz]</code> to the device, and run (as root):
<pre>
tar xzf gconv.tar.gz -C /usr/local
iconvconfig /usr/local/gconv
</pre>

== Miscellaneous ==

* [http://live.gnome.org/Hildon/HowtoRTL HowToRTL] vaguely relates to BiDi

== Specific applications ==

* Included Opera has no BiDi support, but MicroB (Mozilla based browser) does support BiDi.
* Minimo works (both display and input), as long as gconv modules are installed.
* Claws appears to display Hebrew fine, as long as the encoding is correctly identified in the mail itself.
* FBReader: [http://www.arava.co.il/matan/770/heb/fb-0.8.1-bidi.diff patch] for rudimentary BiDi support. You can install regular packages of FBreader 0.8.1, and use [http://www.arava.co.il/matan/770/heb/FBReader this binary] to replace <code>/usr/bin/FBReader</code> on the device.
* [http://www.arava.co.il/matan/770/heb/links links-2] (graphics) with some BiDi support is available (just run this binary from XTerm) [http://www.arava.co.il/matan/770/heb/links-fribidi.diff Patch] (relative to 2.1pre23).
* MaemoTeX - [http://www.arava.co.il/matan/770/heb/tex.tgz this] adds Hebrew (and ams) support to MaemoTeX 0.1.6. Just untar it from root directory, and run <code>mktexlsr</code>. Leafnode appears to have no problems editing ISO-8859-8 files.

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