The Hebrew character sets known to Kermit 95 are:
Kermit Name Type Description HEBREW-ISO 8-bit ISO 8859-8 Latin/Hebrew HEBREW-7 7-bit 7-Bit Hebrew from Hebrew-model DEC VT100 CP862 8-bit Hebrew PC Code Page
Commands:
An invertible translation table between Latin/Hebrew and CP862 is used during both terminal emulation and file transfer. The translation table between Hebrew-7 and Latin/Hebrew, however, is not invertible because these character sets are different sizes.
Here is an example of uploading a Hebrew file from a PC to UNIX. The PC version is coded in the Hebrew PC code page, and the UNIX version is to be stored in the 7-bit Hebrew character-set so it can be sent as network e-mail:
C-Kermit> set file character-set hebrew-7 ; I want 7-bit text for email C-Kermit> receive ; Wait for the file. <Alt-X> ; Escape back to the PC K-95> set file type text ; Make sure we are in text mode K-95> set file character-set cp862 ; File is in Hebrew PC code page K-95> set xfer character-set hebrew ; Send using ISO Latin/Hebrew K-95> send rab.oof ; Send the file
The file sender automatically tells the file receiver that the transfer character-set is Hebrew.
The three Hebrew character sets are also available for use in Kermit's TRANSLATE command, which translates a local file from one character-set to another. Thus you can use Kermit to convert a local file from, say, Latin/Hebrew to Hebrew-7.
Kermit's Hebrew file transfer features can be used in conjunction with MS-DOS Kermit 3.13 and later and C-Kermit 5A(189) and later (with which Kermit 95 shares the same translation tables to ensure consistent translations) and IBM Mainframe Kermit 4.2 or later, which translates between Latin/Hebrew and IBM CECP 424 (the Hebrew EBCDIC Country Extended Code Page).
It does not mean right-to-left writing direction; thus it would be the responsibility of the host application to place Hebrew characters in the desired position on the screen by using escape sequences. This should not be surprising, however, since very few of the terminals that Kermit emulates support right-to-left writing direction either.
Kermit 95's Hebrew support is widely used with Hebrew University's ALEPH bibliographic software.
In Windows NT/2000/XP, we don't use code pages at all, but instead we use Unicode, which NT supports. It is recommended that you use a True Type Unicode encoded font with Kermit 95. The one that comes with Windows NT is Lucida Console (fixed-pitch Unicode), but unfortunately this font does not include a full set of Hebrew letters. If you install an additional font that does contain Hebrew characters you can leave everything as it is. Otherwise, you can use the bitmap (code page) fonts and instruct Kermit 95 to use your Hebrew PC code page with:
SET TERMINAL UNICODE OFF SET TERMINAL CODE-PAGE 862 SET TERMINAL LOCAL-CHARACTER-SET CP862
The OS/2 version of Kermit 95 comes with a Hebrew "PC font" equivalent to Code Page 862. You can use this in fullscreen sessions only -- NOT in an OS/2 Window, and even then it works only if your video driver allows it. In Kermit/2, the commands:
SET TERMINAL FONT 862 SET TERMINAL LOCAL-CHARACTER-SET CP862
actually attempts to load the Hebrew CP862 font into your video adapter (this can't be done in Windows).
SET TERMINAL REMOTE-CHARACTER-SET { HEBREW-ISO, HEBREW-7, CP862 }
SET TERMINAL LOCAL-CHARACTER-SET CP862
SET TERMINAL BYTESIZE 8 ; Not needed for Hebrew-7
(choose the character set that is appropriate for the host or service you are connecting to.)
For instance, it is possible to install:
Input Locale Layout ------------------------------------------ --------------- English (United States) US Hebrew Hebrew
with "English (United States)" as the default input locale and a Switch-Locale key sequence of "Left_Alt+Shift". Since the keyboard only has one alphabet on it, this "alphabet shift" key is needed to switch between the two defined alphabets. In Hebrew Windows, for example, it is necessary to type Roman letters when you type Windows file names or Kermit 95 commands and Hebrew letters when writing in the Hebrew language.
In Windows NT/2000/XP, the Hot-key combination switches the Input-Locale for the entire system. In Windows 95/98/ME, the Input-Locale is switched only for the current application window, allowing different applications to use different languages at the same time.
SET TERMINAL UNICODE OFF ; if Hebrew characters are missing from font SET TERMINAL CODE-PAGE 1255 SET TERMINAL LOCAL-CHARACTER-SET CP1255 SET TERMINAL REMOTE-CHARACTER-SET HEBREW-ISO (or HEBREW-7)
When the current locale is "English (United States)" K95 receives Roman characters from the keyboard. When the current locale is "Hebrew" K95 receives Hebrew characters from the keyboard. To toggle between the two, press the Switch-Locale key sequence.
When issuing commands to K95 switch to the "English" locale and when sending Hebrew characters to the host switch to the "Hebrew" locale. There is no limitation to mixing Roman and Hebrew characters via this method at the K95 command prompt or in terminal mode.
Note that only characters that are in the active code page may be delivered to K95 from the keyboard. In the above example code page 1255 is used because it is available on all versions of NT and it contains all of the Roman characters needed for English and the Hebrew characters used by CP862. (CP862 is not available on the U.S. version of NT but may be available on some international versions.)
When issuing commands to Kermit 95 use the English Input-Locale and switch to the Hebrew Input-Locale when Hebrew characters are necessary in command mode for file names, or when sending characters to the host. Note that an Alt- or Ctrl- key combination can generate different values for each locale.
For 16-bit DOS applications the current locale is ignored. All keystrokes generate Roman letters regardless of what locales are installed.
In Kermit 95, both Left Alt-Shift and Ctrl-Shift are "hotkeys" that toggle the Keyboard Input-Locale among those installed. Each time K95 is started it uses the Default Input-Locale as set in the Keyboard Control Panel until you switch it with Alt-Shift or Ctrl-Shift.
If CP862 is your PC's Console code page, K95 detects this automatically when it starts and configure the Local Character-set to the same value.
The Hebrew key layout associated with these verbs follows follows the layout used by Hebrew WordPerfect, Windows, and Word. The names of the Hebrew letters are from the ISO 8859-8 Standard. These are the key assignments when the keyboard is in Hebrew mode, listed in three different orders for easy lookup:
Hebrew Order Roman Order QWERTY Keyboard Order
q = Slash , = Taw q = Slash w = Apostrophe . = Terminal Zade w = Apostrophe ' = Comma ' = Comma e = Qoph / = Period / = Period r = Resh t = Aleph ; = Terminal Pe t = Aleph c = Bet a = Shin y = Tet d = Gimel b = Nun u = Waw s = Dalet c = Bet i = Terminal Nun v = He d = Gimel o = Terminal Mem u = Waw e = Qoph p = Pe z = Zain f = Kaph a = Shin j = Chet g = Ayin s = Dalet y = Tet h = Yod d = Gimel h = Yod i = Terminal Nun f = Kaph l = Terminal Kaph j = Chet g = Ayin f = Kaph k = Lamed h = Yod k = Lamed l = Terminal Kaph j = Chet o = Terminal Mem m = Zade k = Lamed n = Mem n = Mem l = Terminal Kaph i = Terminal Nun o = Terminal Mem ; = Terminal Pe b = Nun p = Pe ' = Comma x = Samech q = Slash z = Zain g = Ayin r = Resh x = Samech ; = Terminal Pe s = Dalet c = Bet p = Pe t = Aleph v = He . = Terminal Zade u = Waw b = Nun m = Zade v = He n = Mem e = Qoph w = Apostrophe m = Zade r = Resh x = Samech , = Taw a = Shin y = Tet . = Terminal Zade , = Taw z = Zain / = Period
To use Kermit 95 with host-based Hebrew software such as ALEPH (the Hebrew University library software), give these commands to Kermit:
SET TERMINAL BYTESIZE 8 SET TERM CODE-PAGE 862 SET TERM CHARACTER-SET HEBREW-ISO cp862 SET TERM KEY HEBREW \372 \KKBHEBREW ; F5 = Enter Hebrew keyboard mode SET TERM KEY HEBREW \373 \KKBENGLISH ; F6 = Enter English keyboard mode SET TERM KEY HEBREW \374 \KDECF7 ; F7 = DEC F7 (for ALEPH software)
Of course, you can assign the \KkbHebrew, \KkbEnglish, and \KdecF7 verbs to any other keys of your choice.
To define your own Hebrew key map, create a file containing the desired SET TERM KEY HEBREW commands, in which the assigned values are CP862 values. TAKE this file, and then whenever you execute the \KkbHebrew verb, your keyboard will have the mappings defined in this file.
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