tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10143682.post83288071798823163..comments2023-11-02T04:57:38.738-05:00Comments on The Macintosh Biblioblog: iWork and other WP's for biblical scholarship workJoe Weakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16379505860158377008noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10143682.post-87806124330197747482009-04-07T04:14:00.000-05:002009-04-07T04:14:00.000-05:00I am glad to learn that it works for some.... Neit...I am glad to learn that it works for some.... Neither Pages nor OpenOffice works with Unicode and RTL on my system (MacBook Pro and OSX 10.5.6. Norwegian, Ezra SIL or SBL Hebrew fonts). Moreover, the problems seem to be quite similar in these two applications (basically: a very confused word wrap and alignment function). Nisus works perfectly, when letting the application handle the writing direction itself (i.e. NOT using changed input method, as suggested by Dan). All this brings me to believe it might in fact be the Input Method (in some national versions of the OS?) that is the problem.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12613427739744896368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10143682.post-27691344751719004602007-08-23T03:20:00.000-05:002007-08-23T03:20:00.000-05:00Hi,I'm a regular Pages user (I haven't used Word f...Hi,<BR/>I'm a regular Pages user (I haven't used Word for a couple of years now). I don't have a problem typing Unicode Hebrew and RTL works fine. The trick is to change the input manager rather than just change the text direction within the app. With a shortcut activated to change input method its perfectly possible to type English and Hebrew normally with only one keystroke to change between. Changing the default Unicode font from Lucida to something like New Peninim MT also makes it look nice :-)<BR/>iWork does run into problems with scripting though...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10143682.post-37796406127477249602007-08-22T06:39:00.000-05:002007-08-22T06:39:00.000-05:00BTW, I recently discovered why RTL isn't working a...BTW, I recently discovered why RTL isn't working as expected in Pages. Pages uses WebKit as its text engine.Targumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08226685819553164313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10143682.post-82506951705731350972007-08-20T13:42:00.000-05:002007-08-20T13:42:00.000-05:00Hi Joe, I already mentioned Nisus Writer Pro and I...Hi Joe, I already mentioned <A HREF="http://www.nisus.com/" REL="nofollow">Nisus Writer Pro</A> and I saw your comment as well. In this post you mentioned scripting, I don't do much with it myself but NWP has (I am told) the same and even more powerful scripting that they have always had. (See this link <A HREF="http://www.nisus.com/pro/gallery10.php" REL="nofollow">http://www.nisus.com/pro/gallery10.php</A>)<BR/><BR/>Furthermore, I can tell you all that Dave Larson, one of the Main Men, has regularly replied to my emails asking for information, help, etc. immediately. Even at 4 am his time! So they are very responsive and I am sure would appreciate any additional constructive criticism folks have to offer.Targumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08226685819553164313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10143682.post-21842319260409235582007-08-18T16:12:00.000-05:002007-08-18T16:12:00.000-05:00Tim, you'll find no wars on here. It's not a reall...Tim, you'll find no wars on here. It's not a really a "Mac Evangelist" site. (We fall into that mainline ethos of, any one truly seeking will eventually find us. :)<BR/><BR/>The difficulties with Unicode RTL of OS X are really a conundrum with the main WP's. The lack of support with Word really was the killer. However, there are WP's to use.Joe Weakshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16379505860158377008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10143682.post-40042431320009868772007-08-18T15:28:00.000-05:002007-08-18T15:28:00.000-05:00At the risk of restarting the religious wars ;-0 c...At the risk of restarting the religious wars ;-0 can I just point out that some operating systems have little problem with RTL scripts, and haven't for years ;-)<BR/><BR/>On my laptop just about any text editor or WP will handle Unicode RTL with no problem or difficulty. Most even recognise when I have changed direction by the characters I am using...Tim Bulkeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07289349880110581469noreply@blogger.com