Comments on: Type in Polytonic Greek in Linux http://nerdlets.org/2009/05/11/type-in-polytonic-greek-in-linux/ Christianity/Culture/Computing Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:16:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: David Stark http://nerdlets.org/2009/05/11/type-in-polytonic-greek-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-5228 David Stark Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:49:24 +0000 http://nerdlets.org/?p=1580#comment-5228 Tommy, Thanks so much for the congratulations and the suggestion to take another look at Poythress's layouts. I've worked on these for a while before, trying to get them to work but have never had much success. Today, though, for some reason, the setup only took 5–10 minutes, and things now seem to be working seamlessly. ;) "If at first, you don't succeed...." ;) Thanks, again. Blessings, David Tommy,

Thanks so much for the congratulations and the suggestion to take another look at Poythress's layouts. I've worked on these for a while before, trying to get them to work but have never had much success. Today, though, for some reason, the setup only took 5–10 minutes, and things now seem to be working seamlessly. ;)

"If at first, you don't succeed…." ;) Thanks, again.

Blessings,
David

]]> By: tommy http://nerdlets.org/2009/05/11/type-in-polytonic-greek-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-5227 tommy Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:03:36 +0000 http://nerdlets.org/?p=1580#comment-5227 Hey David, Congrats on the move! And on everything else that's been going on for you! The classes you are teaching look interesting. Poythress is the go to guy when it comes to this kind of stuff. I used his sight for getting my keyboard perfected: <a href="http://www.frame-poythress.org/poythress_articles/2007KeyboardGreekHebrew.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.frame-poythress.org/poythress_articles...</a> . He has a custom keyboard designed for linux, complete with instructions about what to do with it. To be honest I haven't messed with this in awhile, since once it's set up you can back it all up and never worry about it again. Try one of those out, and if you run into problems, I'd love to know what they are and am happy to try and help! Good luck! Hey David, Congrats on the move! And on everything else that's been going on for you! The classes you are teaching look interesting.

Poythress is the go to guy when it comes to this kind of stuff. I used his sight for getting my keyboard perfected: http://www.frame-poythress.org/poythress_articles… . He has a custom keyboard designed for linux, complete with instructions about what to do with it. To be honest I haven't messed with this in awhile, since once it's set up you can back it all up and never worry about it again. Try one of those out, and if you run into problems, I'd love to know what they are and am happy to try and help!

Good luck!

]]> By: David Stark http://nerdlets.org/2009/05/11/type-in-polytonic-greek-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-5226 David Stark Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:48:17 +0000 http://nerdlets.org/?p=1580#comment-5226 Tommy, I've finally switched over to Ubuntu (Natty) from Windows and have things pretty well set, but I'm having trouble finding a sufficient keymap for the polytonic Greek keyboard. SBL has a copy of the Tiro Hebrew Keyboard manual on their website <a href="http://(http://www.sbl-site.org/Fonts/BiblicalHebrewTiroManual.pdf)," rel="nofollow">(http://www.sbl-site.org/Fonts/BiblicalHebrewTiroManual.pdf),</a> but I've yet to find anything comparable for Greek. The guide that you cite from simos.info is now a privately-shared Google Doc. I've previously requested access but haven't yet been able to get into that document. Would you happen to know of any other keymaps for the various shift states in the polytonic keyboard? Thanks so much for your thoughts. I hope all is well. Tommy,

I've finally switched over to Ubuntu (Natty) from Windows and have things pretty well set, but I'm having trouble finding a sufficient keymap for the polytonic Greek keyboard. SBL has a copy of the Tiro Hebrew Keyboard manual on their website (http://www.sbl-site.org/Fonts/BiblicalHebrewTiroManual.pdf), but I've yet to find anything comparable for Greek.

The guide that you cite from simos.info is now a privately-shared Google Doc. I've previously requested access but haven't yet been able to get into that document. Would you happen to know of any other keymaps for the various shift states in the polytonic keyboard?

Thanks so much for your thoughts. I hope all is well.

]]> By: Joe Weaks http://nerdlets.org/2009/05/11/type-in-polytonic-greek-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-2946 Joe Weaks Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:19:17 +0000 http://nerdlets.org/?p=1580#comment-2946 Margaret, Wasn't sure if the comment was for me or not. Using a keyboard designed by English techs may offer a speed increase, but for the kind of work I do, the trade off is not worth the benefit of learning something more about Greek culture. Margaret,
Wasn't sure if the comment was for me or not. Using a keyboard designed by English techs may offer a speed increase, but for the kind of work I do, the trade off is not worth the benefit of learning something more about Greek culture.

]]> By: Margaret http://nerdlets.org/2009/05/11/type-in-polytonic-greek-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-2945 Margaret Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:17:38 +0000 http://nerdlets.org/?p=1580#comment-2945 Hey, thanks for sharing the website. I beg to differ with it, however. If you are not intending to use modern Greek, it's best to set Ubuntu/Linux keyboard to Polytonic Greek: fewer key strokes to add diacritical marks. The normal Greece setting presumes modern Greek as normative and the accents as "extras." I've put together a pdf of the most useful GNT diacritical marks. If you email me, I'm happy to share it, copylefted of course. Hey, thanks for sharing the website. I beg to differ with it, however. If you are not intending to use modern Greek, it's best to set Ubuntu/Linux keyboard to Polytonic Greek: fewer key strokes to add diacritical marks. The normal Greece setting presumes modern Greek as normative and the accents as "extras." I've put together a pdf of the most useful GNT diacritical marks. If you email me, I'm happy to share it, copylefted of course.

]]> By: Joe Weaks http://nerdlets.org/2009/05/11/type-in-polytonic-greek-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-804 Joe Weaks Tue, 12 May 2009 05:11:33 +0000 http://nerdlets.org/?p=1580#comment-804 Hello Tommy, Just ran across your blog. Happy to meet my Ubuntu counterpart. :) Here's my version of enabling a Unicode keyboard on the Mac side of things: <a href="http://macbiblioblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/entering-unicode-text-and-symbols.html" target="_blank">http://macbiblioblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/enterin...</a> Cheers. Hello Tommy,
Just ran across your blog. Happy to meet my Ubuntu counterpart. :)
Here's my version of enabling a Unicode keyboard on the Mac side of things:
http://macbiblioblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/enterin…
Cheers.

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