Typing the Fidel ================ The full fidel for Eth-View is given in at the beginning of the ADDENDUM report. In summary, a table for the system used is given below. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SERA-101 System 6b ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Consonants: le lu li la lE l lo Independent Vowels: a u/U i A E I o e3 Rule : Independent Vowels Following a 6th Form Consonant: l'a l'u l'i l'A l'E l'I l'o l'e3 also --> l'e lU lA lI lO The writer may choose to use ' as a separator between vowels for clarity: Example : keabebe = ke'abebe = ke'ebebe = keebebe = \ke'abebe\ leElyas = le'Elyas = \leelyas\ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You are strongly urged to read the ETHIOPIC report for a full understanding of how this system came about. You may also like to examine the "review" file written entirely with the system. When installation is successful (see the INSTALL file), the files; "ethnums", "fidel", "system", "recipe", and "review" can be viewed at once as follows: eview -l system eview -e fidel ( eview -e -c fidel To Print With Columns and Enlarge Screen ) eview -e -c -x 64 fidel2 eview -e ethnums eview -l names eview -e review __________________ Special Characters ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ethiopic Quotes : \ Underline : _word_ Default Ethiopic Punctuation . = :: _ , = : _ ; = : ~ : = :- \ Escapes ~~~~~~~~~~ Font Colors \~b blue \~c cyan \~d default (return to initial foreground color) \~g green \~o orange \~p purple \~r red \~w white \~y yellow Ethiopic Numbers \1 ... \9 \10 ... \90 \100 \10000 Enter Continuously : 1987 = \109100807 or \10900807 Punctuation \ Latin -> Ethiopic or Ethiopic -> Latin Toggle _ \. \ \, \ Sends the equivalent punctuation of the \; / OTHER mode to the screen. \: _/ \' Latin "'" \` Latin "`" \\ Latin "\" \_ Ethiopic Space ":" \* Ethiopic End of Paragraph Marker \C Turn Column Printing on/off. (Ethiopic kerning turned off/on) \~e Icon of Ge'ez Homeland \~E Icon of Ge'ez Homeland, inverse image \~a Icon of African Continent \~A Icon of African Continent, inverse image \~x "x" Ignored if Undefined If a " " appears after a color switch or L->E, E->L toggle, the " " is deleted. Using Ethiopic Viewer: ===================== Basic Viewing: [ eview -bg -c -e -f -fg -fnl -fne -l -m -x -y ] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If a file is written in both Ethiopic and Latin script, it is required that you specify in which script set the file begins in. To read a file in Ethiopic, or one that begins in Ethiopic, use the -e option like so : eview -e filename To view a file that begins in Latin script : eview -l filename If you wish to filter out all of the Latin that is between \ and \ : eview -f filename If no -option is given, eview will ask you how to read the file. To substitute the Ethiopic space character for for " " : eview -s -e filename To read Ethiopic file without 4 pixel kerning (in original column format) : eview -c -e filename To change your Latin or Ethiopic font at the command line : eview -fnl latinfontname -e filename eview -fne ethiopicfontname -e filename Most of the -options may be mixed and used together. If Eview does NOT find the requested (or default) Ethiopic font on the X-Server in use, Eview will read the gez.asc font file instead -either way the file will be displayed in Ethiopic. If Eview does not receive the requested or default Latin font from the X-Server, it will then request the font "9x15bold", and finally "fixed", to be used instead ("fixed" is *almost* guaranteed to be available). You will be notified when the switch is made to a different font. Mail Reading: ^^^^^^^^^^^^ To read Ethiopic Email : eview -m filename The mail message must contain the start and stop markers and <>. You may save a mail message to a new file name and then view the file as Ethiopic mail by : eview -m filename Or you may read directly from your system mail file, you need only know the location and name of the file. Common locations of mail files are /usr/mail/ and /usr/spool/mail usually your mail file will have the same name as your user name. For greater convenience, eview -m /usr/mail/myname , could easily be added to your GUI's root menu. In Example : From fisseha@egr.msu.edu Tue Mar 22 16:27:26 1994 From: fisseha@egr.msu.edu (Yonas Fisseha) Subject: Re: globals To: yacob (D. Yacob) Date: Tue, 22 Mar 1994 16:27:22 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <9403221936.AA03465@apollo.aoe.vt.edu> from "D. Yacob" at Mar 22, 94 02:36:09 pm Content-Type: text Content-Length: 475 ke : yonas fsHe sle : \ globals \ wede : dan'el yaqob qen : megabit 13Na [ Ethiopic Body ] Unix Redirected Output : ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ cat filename | eview -option (if no option is given, the output is assumed to begin with latin) finger user@address | eview -option ( try finger yacob@apollo.aoe.vt.edu | eview -f ) cat | eview -e -option (you may copy and past or type directly in your starting widow to view Ethiopic) SERA View Port -------------- tcsh | tee /dev/$tty | eview -l -fnl (YOUR LATIN FONT) Setting Foreground and Background Colors : ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Use the options -bg and -fg like so : eview -bg aquamarine -fg red -e filename For the flag of Ethiopia background : eview -bg bandira -e filename Changing Height and Width of the Viewing Window : ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Eth-View is set for a default of 48 lines and 60 columns (Ethiopic). You may change the height and width of the viewer window with the options -x and -y as shown : eview -x 50 -y 58 -e filename or eview -e filename -x 50 As the ordering and the quantity of options is not important.