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Re: Bezek 133 under Linux (Hebrew)
> From malcolm.kavalsky@Orbotech.Co.IL Sun Sep 3 09:20 IST 1995
> From: malcolm.kavalsky@Orbotech.Co.IL (Malcolm Kavalsky)
> To: "Israeli Linux users list" <Linux-il@hagiga.jct.ac.il>
> Subject: Bezek 133 under Linux (Hebrew)
> Date: Sun, 3 Sep 95 09:49:36 IDT
> X-Listname: <Linux-il@hagiga.jct.ac.il>
>
> Does anyone have success in accessing Bezek information from within
> Linux ?
>
> I have tried the following using minicom as the serial app:
>
> 1. Using color_xterm I can only use the English services (which are very
> limited, if at all). Using color_xterm with a hebrew font doesn't work
> because the hebrew letters are at the wrong address (not like the PC).
> Also, on entering the phone number search menu, you need to switch
> display to mirroring and keyboard to hebrew, so ...
>
> 2. I tried using xhterm, and font heb8x13. I still have the same font
> problems, and also now the lack of color becomes a problem, so I get all
> weird attributes printed (lots of underlines).
>
> Note: I run minicom with '-l' flag to prevent it from translating characters.
>
> So, it seems that I need:
>
> 1. A font which matches the IBM-PC. I could grab it from Dos (8x16), but I
> don't know how to translate it into a .pcf file.
>
> 2. A color_xhterm.
>
> Any ideas ?
>
>
Check sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/X11/fonts
I saw there ( at least on the new InfoMagic CD)
Hebrew X fonts for dosemu. Hopefully, it is what you are looking for.
Cheers,
Yuri ( you know where you can find me)