Charlie
06-07-2006, 11:09 AM
Although Unicode remains a moving target, BibleWorks fully recognizes the increasing need to provide Unicode interoperability at all BibleWorks interfaces. Currently, Unicode may be used in the BibleWorks 7 editor (see note 1 below); and BibleWorks Greek and Hebrew text may also be exported in Unicode using the Options | Fonts menu (see note 2 and image below). The command line now supports IME Unicode input for certain languages like Chinese and Korean that require it. New BibleWorks reference texts will customarily be created in Unicode and the older ones converted as resources permit.
For the foreseeable future, however, input to the Version Database Compiler (VDC) will necessarily be restricted to fonts that have code pages supported by Windows. The VDC requires indexing, sorting, and other font semantics contained in the code pages but not provided in the font by the Unicode per se. Eventually, it may be feasible for users to provide these needed semantics (perhaps through something like a Windows utility that generates Windows-acceptable code pages), expanding the range of Unicode fonts the VDC can process.
BibleWorks customers should maintain a current e-mail address through the BibleWorks registration and registration update (http://www.bibleworks.com/register.html) process to be assured of being notified promptly of new capabilities, such as those involving Unicode, being made available to them.
Notes:
1. Unicode Greek or Hebrew can be typed into the BibleWorks editor using standard Windows keyboard layouts. BibleWorks 7 also includes a Unicode Hebrew keyboard driver that uses the same keyboard layout as the BibleWorks non-Unicode Hebrew font (bwhebb.ttf): see chapter 25 in the BibleWorks 7 online help (click Help>Online Help Contents) for installation instructions. With this layout one generally keys the logical corresponding Latin character: for instance, to type a or a type a; to type b or b type b. To type the command .ihsouj cristoj type .ihsous cristos. To type the command .~yhla hwhy type .yhwh alhym.) More detailed information is provided here (http://www.bibleworks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2192).
2. You can set BibleWorks 7 to convert Greek and Hebrew text into Unicode when it is copied/exported from BibleWorks as follows:
Click Tools | Options and select the Fonts tab.
Select "Export Fonts" under "Font Set to Edit".
Then change the Greek and Hebrew font to Unicode fonts ("Palatino Linotype" and "SBL Hebrew" work well), check the Unicode check box to the left of both Hebrew and Greek, and click OK.Last updated: RG/February 7, 2008
For the foreseeable future, however, input to the Version Database Compiler (VDC) will necessarily be restricted to fonts that have code pages supported by Windows. The VDC requires indexing, sorting, and other font semantics contained in the code pages but not provided in the font by the Unicode per se. Eventually, it may be feasible for users to provide these needed semantics (perhaps through something like a Windows utility that generates Windows-acceptable code pages), expanding the range of Unicode fonts the VDC can process.
BibleWorks customers should maintain a current e-mail address through the BibleWorks registration and registration update (http://www.bibleworks.com/register.html) process to be assured of being notified promptly of new capabilities, such as those involving Unicode, being made available to them.
Notes:
1. Unicode Greek or Hebrew can be typed into the BibleWorks editor using standard Windows keyboard layouts. BibleWorks 7 also includes a Unicode Hebrew keyboard driver that uses the same keyboard layout as the BibleWorks non-Unicode Hebrew font (bwhebb.ttf): see chapter 25 in the BibleWorks 7 online help (click Help>Online Help Contents) for installation instructions. With this layout one generally keys the logical corresponding Latin character: for instance, to type a or a type a; to type b or b type b. To type the command .ihsouj cristoj type .ihsous cristos. To type the command .~yhla hwhy type .yhwh alhym.) More detailed information is provided here (http://www.bibleworks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2192).
2. You can set BibleWorks 7 to convert Greek and Hebrew text into Unicode when it is copied/exported from BibleWorks as follows:
Click Tools | Options and select the Fonts tab.
Select "Export Fonts" under "Font Set to Edit".
Then change the Greek and Hebrew font to Unicode fonts ("Palatino Linotype" and "SBL Hebrew" work well), check the Unicode check box to the left of both Hebrew and Greek, and click OK.Last updated: RG/February 7, 2008