[omega] typesetting biblical hebrew with makor and a protext install

[Jonathan Kew]

Hello Samuel,

This is not a direct answer to your Omega questions, but you could  
consider the alternative Unicode-enabled TeX extension, XeTeX. I am  
attaching a basic XeTeX sample file, and the corresponding PDF  
output, to illustrate the capabilities. It is also possible to use  
Hebrew in conjuction with LaTeX packages, etc., for more advanced  
document structure and formatting; there is an active mailing list  
(see http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/XeTeX) where you will find other  
users interested in these issues.

XeTeX is included with MikTeX 2.7 and other recent TeX distributions,  
and requires very little effort to set up; to process the attached  
sample, all you need is the "Ezra SIL" OpenType font installed in  
your Windows Fonts folder. (It would also work with other fonts such  
as SBL Hebrew just by changing the name in the \font declaration.)

Regards,

Jonathan

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On 24 Jan 2008, at 9:14 am, sam sayag wrote:

> Hello everybody,
>
> I'm Samuel, I'm french (so please forgive my english faults). I'm  
> new to the world of TeX, LaTeX and of course Omega too.
> I need (in fact my sister need but i'll do the job for her) to  
> typeset biblical hebrew (for research paper needs) with all the  
> strange stuff around the letters : cantilation, vocalisation and so  
> on.
> So I brought together my courage and decide to dive in the world of  
> TeX. I discover CTAN and in the hebrew section an interesting  
> package called Makor that let you typeset at least the bible if you  
> had the courage...
> I installed quite easily ProTeXt (MikTeX, TeXniccenter, ghostscript/ 
> view...) , tested it with french basic document but things got  
> complex when I tried to obtain my first "hello world" example in  
> biblical hebrew. I read the manual and it is said that Makor use  
> Omega/TeX. I try to read a few thing about Omega but I cannot find  
> any document saying (for a newcomer) how to use it in the context  
> of a ProTeX or TeXLive basic installation and how these progamms  
> (it seems omega and lambda) interact with TeX when I push the Ctrl 
> +F7 button on TeXnicenter the moment I compile.
>
>  first question : Did I miss something on the internet ? Do I have  
> to read something before bothering people on this list ? Is there a  
> tutorial somewhere ?
>
> Then the guy (Alan Hoenig) says in the Makor documentation that you  
> have to :
>
> "place psfonts.mkr2 into your file psfonts.map"
>
>  second question : how do i do this with MikTeX ? In the settings I  
> made miktex point on the Makor tree (it is suppose to work because  
> makor tree respect the TDS I read and trust) and then refresh the  
> FNDB (file name data base ?). I even found the psfonts.map in my  
> windows settings (C:\Documents and Settings\sayag_s\Local Settings 
> \Application Data\MiKTeX\2.7\dvips\config) but couldn't see the  
> mapping of the new fonts (maybe it is normal i don't know ...).
>
> and then run in commands :
>
> C:\> omega mkrotest
> C:\> lambda mkrltest
>
> these commands did produce the DVI I was waiting for (i still do  
> not understand what is the difference between the omega and lambda  
> and why i need two command to produce two docs even if i need one  
> at the end) but then another problem rose :
>
> the YAP.exe wich is the DVI viewer cannot find this ezra fonts but  
> I noticed he could find the ezra2 font at the right place. It is  
> strange because both the font should be at the same place (is it a  
> makor bug).
>
> after three days trying this and that I'm just a bit discouraged  
> that's why I ask for help (the french tex list GUTemberg has no  
> idea about how to solve the probleme and a few forum gave me the  
> same answer : you need somebody that know something about Omega...)
>
> Thank (a lot) by advance if somebody can help
> (I promise I'll make a tutorial for newbies once the whole thing is  
> finished :))
>
>
>
> -- 
> Samuel SAYAG
>
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