Keyboard Setup/Hebrew
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Summary
Keyboard Installation
Windows XP
On Windows XP you can use the Hebrew keyboard layout or you can install Tiro and follow the instructions below.
Installing the Tiro Keyboard Layout
- Goto http://www.sbl-site.org/educational/BiblicalFonts_SBLHebrew.aspx
- Download SBL Hebrew keyboard Driver, Tiro Layout (Windows)
- Open BiblicalHebrewTiro.zip in Windows Explorer
- Execute the installer ( called BHebTiro(v1.5).exe at this time )
- By default it will create a new folder, execute setup.exe to install
Instructions for configuring your Windows or Macintosh Operating systems after installing are located here.
Setting up the Hebrew Keyboard Layout on Windows
The following steps apply to Windows XP. The steps are slightly different depending on which view you're using for your display settings: Default or Classic View. These instructions should suffice but if you'd like some graphics accompanying the instructions, check out this site.
Windows XP Default View
- Open "Control Panel" and go to the "Date, Time, Language and Regional Options" applet.
- When it opens click "Add other languages."
- continue with #3 below.
Windows XP Classic View
- Open "Control Panel" and go to the "Regional and Language Options" applet.
- When it opens click the tab "Languages."
- Check the "Install files for complex script and right-to-left languages" check box.
- If a warning message appears, press "ok."
- You must now press "Apply" (Setup will copy the necessary files from the installation point.)
- Now click the button called, "Details..."
- A new settings dialogue window will open called "Text Services and Input Languages." Click "Add."
- A small window will open called "Add Input Language." In the top drop down menu select "Hebrew." In the bottom drop down menu select "Biblical Hebrew (Tiro)."
- Click "ok" to close the "Add Input Language" window.
- Click "ok" to close the "Text Services and Input Languages" window.
GNU/Linux with KDE
The default X11 distribution comes with a Biblical Hebrew keyboard layout. KDE (versions 3 and 4) have a keyboard switching applet. To activate the layout:
- from the K Menu, find "System Systems"
- select "Regional and Language"
- select "Keyboard layout"
- Make sure that "Enable keyboard layouts" is selected.
- From the "Available layouts" list, select "Israel." Click on the right-facing arrow button to move the layout to the "Active layouts."
- Click on "Israel" in the "Active layouts"
- From the "Layout variant" box, select "Biblical Hebrew (Tiro)"
- Go to the "Advanced" tab
- Under "key to choose third level", select a key. The win key (on 104 key keyboards) or the right alt key are good choices. You may also choose a key combination that will switch keyboard layouts (Alt-Shift is a common choice).
- Press "Apply"
To switch layouts, either use your chosen key combination or click on the flag in the system tray.
GNU/Linux with GNOME
- Run the "Gnome Control Center"
- Under the "Hardware" category, select "Keyboard"
- Select the "Layouts" tab
- Press the "Add" button
- Under "Country", select "Israel"
- Under "Variants", select "Israel Biblical Hebrew (Tiro)"
- Press the "Add" button
- Click on the newly added layout in the list box.
- Press "Layout options"
- Under "Key to choose third level", select a key of your choice (Right alt or Menu are good choices)
- Press "Close"
- Press "Close" on the Keyboard Preferences window.
- Close the Gnome Control Center
Mac OS X
The Society of Biblical Literature provides a Biblical Hebrew keyboard for Macs with installation instructions. Apple provides general instructions on installing keyboards here.
Using the keyboard to type
Consonants
Special Characters
Tiro layout
SI-1452 Hebrew layout
- The default Hebrew keyboard layout that comes with many systems (including Windows and GNU/Linux/X11) is the SI-1452 layout. (How do you switch to third level on Windows?)
