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Hebrew On The FreeBSD Console
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By: Jacob Shapiro (Psycho_pr) jacob@logicolor.net
Step 1 - Placing the fonts
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Within this document there should be 4 files attached:
hebrew.iso.kbd
iso08-8x14.fnt
iso08-8x16.fnt
iso08-8x8.fnt
We need to copy them to the appropriate place in the system,
this has to be done by root.
# cp hebrew.iso.kbd /usr/share/syscons/keymaps/
# cp iso08-8x* /usr/share/syscons/fonts/
Step 2 - Telling the system all about it
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Okay, so we have the fonts and keymap and using vidcontrol,
we can tell the OS to use them.
But we'd like to have the fonts & keymap used upon bootup.
This is done by editing the file /etc/rc.conf
Add the following lines to the end of /etc/rc.conf:
font8x8="iso08-8x8"
font8x14="iso08-8x14"
font8x16="iso08-8x16"
keymap="hebrew.iso.kbd"
Don't forget to save the file.
Step 3 - Applying the changes
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Okay, now, as mentioned above, this step can be spared if you
bother to read vidcontrol's manpage and don't wanna ruin your
uptime. But if you're lazy (as I am), what you have to do to
make your fonts & keymap be used, is reboot your system, and
then when the system loads, it'll read /etc/rc.conf and use
the appropriate files.
# reboot
Step 4 - Usage
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After the third step, you should be able to see Hebrew text properly on
your screen, but you might be asking yourself, how the heck do I -write-
Hebrew text?
Well, that's a bit messy, but what you have to do is press ALT upon every
letter you wanna write.
That is, for the word Shalom (in hebrew) you would press:
ALT+A, ALT+K, ALT+U, ALT+O
And this would result with the word being written in Hebrew instead of English.
It's a bit uncomfortable for those of you who do alot of Hebrew writing, but
that's the best I could find.
Shalom.
(note: If you are lazy just execute install.sh)
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Any comments, suggestions, love letters to:
jacob@logicolor.net
Now after the reboot
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