Shallow and Pedantic

Easy setup for LyX Hebrew

There are many online guides on how to setup LyX for Hebrew support, but most of them require each user to do some work. I wrote this script for the CS computer farm – it can be run automatically at login (or manually by a user, if he chooses), and sets up LyX with Hebrew support.

(Note – this is for the QT Linux version of LyX)

#!/bin/bash

PREF=$HOME/.lyx/preferences
HEBBIND=$HOME/.lyx/hebrew.bind

mkdir -p $HOME/.lyx/bind

if [[ ! -f $PREF ]]; then touch $PREF; fi

grep -q hebrew $PREF || cat >> $HOME/.lyx/preferences << EOF
# Lyx preferences for Hebrew support

\bind_file "hebrew"
\kbmap true
\kbmap_primary "null"
\kbmap_secondary "hebrew"
EOF

if [[ ! -f $HEBBIND ]]; then
cat > $HEBBIND << EOF
\bind_file cua
\bind "F12" "language hebrew"
EOF
fi

echo LyX Hebrew support configured.