[B-Greek] unicode for typing Greek

R Yochanan Bitan Buth ybitan at mscc.huji.ac.il
Thu Dec 23 16:46:16 EST 2004


EGRAPSEN yosef weaks
>Well, it took me two weeks, but I did get the utility into
penultimate 
shape. KeyInGreek is an app for OS X 10.2 and up that assists in the 
visual typing in of Unicode Greek text. It features adding
diacriticals 
after the primary characters and auto-pasting.
 
Also, as Randall stated before, a true keyboard input is the ultimate 
goal, so I have finished creating a Unicode Keyboard Layout for use in

OS X tailored specifically to keying in Biblical Greek. I'd love it if

folks could have a look at the proposed keyboard layout in the .pdf 
file and make any suggestions before I post the Keyboard file itself.
These resources may be found at:
 
http://stuwww.tcu.edu/~jweaks/resources.html
 
Cheers,
Joe Weaks
= = =
Personally, I would recommend using the national Greek typewriter
keyboard layout as the base. The above link and layout are not such a
keyboard. 
E.g., omega is 'v', upsilon is 'y' and theta is 'u', chi is 'x', psi
is 'c' and ksi is 'j'. 'w' places a final-lunate-sigma. Fortunately,
the others are similar to English.
 
If one is going to use unicode one might as well use a standard
keyboard. You just might be typing on a terminal in Athens someday. 
 
Roy Brown of Accordance, with appropriate foresight, provided an
Israeli Hebrew keyboard option for Hebrew. Please consider the same
for the Greek side of the equation. I have a friend here in Jerusalem
who uses Accordance and is 'going unicode', he would appreciate a
Greek version.
 
Blessings
Randall Buth
 
 
 

 

Randall Buth, PhD

Director, Biblical Language Center

www.biblicalulpan.org

and Director, Biblical Studies in Israel

Hebrew University, Rothberg International School

ybitan at mscc.huji.ac.il

 




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