Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peter.r.kirk AT ntlworld.com>]

On 19/07/2003 05:05, Jason Hare wrote:

> Kirk,
>
> I kinda wanted to avoid this topic b/c of its
> complexity. I use Unicode (via Charsets) in writing my
> webpages since I deal with Hebrew. I see the
> difficulty involved in using the present Israeli fonts
> because I have to use ALT functions to insert vowels.
> It's quite problematic (yet, do-able), but I can see
> value in upgrading the whole of the system so that it
> is more functional. HOWEVER, should that upgrade
> include a separation from modern Israeli typesetting
> in Unicode? I would venture that it should NOT. And my
> reasoning behind it is like others on the list...
> continuity. I already have four keyboards installed on
> my system (EN GR AR HE), so to use yet another to
> distinguish between Israeli and Biblical Hebrew is a
> little out-of-the-way and sordid, if you ask me. I
> should hate to have to DOUBLE code my pages (or make
> duplicate pages... or some other absurd solution) so
> that I can use both Israeli and Biblical Hebrew on my
> site!!
>
> Thanks for the info,
> Jason Hare
>
> jason AT jhronline.com
> http://www.jhronline.com
>
>  
Thank you, Jason. Part of your problem could be solved by defining and 
using a non-standard keyboard package, e.g. the one available (for the 
PC) with the SIL Hebrew Unicode Font System (www.sil.org) plus Keyman 
(www.tavultesoft.com). But such a solution would be broken if the 
proposal goes ahaead to distinguish modern and biblical Hebrew.

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Peter Kirk
peter.r.kirk AT ntlworld.com
http://web.onetel.net.uk/~peterkirk/