ZIGGY'S "YIDDISH PASEKH" SMART TRANSLITERATION KEYBOARD

One-Time Installation Instructions

Windows 95/98/ME

NOTE: This is an old, outdated web page. Instead, please download the Yiddish Keyboard Layouts Installer and you will have the most current, updated instructions. This page is remaining on the web only temporarily - until the Yiddish Keyboard Layout installer will be available on CD for those who wish to avoid large downloads.

The following notes and instructions are based on documents and files which were generously contributed by the creator of this keyboard layout,  Gyula "Ziggy" Zsigri.  An explanation of this Yiddish keyboard layout may be found on the previous page.

• Legal Notes

• How to Install

• How to Uninstall

LEGAL & ACKNOWLEDGMENT

You can freely use and distribute this package but you are not allowed to restrict the rights of others to freely use and distribute it.

(c) 2002 Gyula Zsigri. All rights reserved.

Fontboard: Fonts & Keyboards

http://www.geocities.com/fontboard/
http://zsigri.tripod.com/fontboard/

The keyboard was inspired by Gaspar Sinai's Yudit editor
and Refoyl Finkel's Yidishe Shraybmashinke.

http://www.yudit.org/
http://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/yiddish/makeyiddish.html

Thanks Dvorah Biasca, Refoyl Finkel, Hershl Glasser, Perets Mett, Noyekh Miller, Leonard Prager and Shoshke-Rayzl Yuni for their help during the development of this keyboard.

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Download and install Tavultesoft Keyman from:
http://www.tavultesoft.com 

• Browse to their "Keyman Downloads Page" to install the current free version of "Keyman." (Don't install their keyboards, just the installation file for the Keyman program.)

• You'll need to save the file anywhere on your hard drive, but make a note as to where you saved it.

• Browse to the file in My Computer and double click on it to install Keyman.

• (Optional) To create an icon for Keyman on your computer,  go to Start, and search for it there. You can make an icon for Keyman on your desktop like this:

  • Right click on the Windows Task Bar (the lower gray bar in your Windows desktop). Click on Properties.

  • Click on Start Menu Programs, then Advanced.

  • Double click on Programs in the list, and then scroll down until you find Tavultesoft Keyman, and then keyman.exe

  • When you find keyman.exe, right-click and drag the file to your desktop and select "Create a Shortcut."

  I suggest moving the shortcut to the lower right corner of your screen so that it will be near the blue Windows Keyboard Indicator, or else you can drag the shortcut to your Start menu so that it will be easily accessible. (Note that you will need to click this prior to typing in Yiddish after every time you restart your computer. Explained more fully in Usage Instructions, linked below.)
  

2.  Download the yidish95.kmp file by right-clicking here.

• Follow instructions on your drop-down menu; eg.,

• in Netscape, select Save Link As

• in Explorer, select Save Target As

• Save the file where you want, but make a note of it so that you can find it again later.

• Go to My Computer and browse to find the yidish95.kmp file on your comptuer.

• Double-click on the yidish95.kmp file.

• A dialog may pop up asking you if you wish to associate kmp and kmx files with Keyman. Click Yes.

3. An Install Package dialog will pop up. Click the Install button in the Install Package dialog and
click OK at the end of the installation.

4. Restart Windows. (Start, Shut Down, Restart Computer)

5. Double-click My Computer and Control Panel (or go to Start, Settings, Control Panel).

• Double-click Keyboard.

• Select the Language tab. If Hebrew is already listed, just highlight it (single click); if Hebrew is not listed, click the Add button, select Hebrew and click OK.

• Click on the Properties button and select Yiddish Pasekh 95 Keyboard layout and click OK.

• Make sure that the "Enable indicator on taskbar" option is checked.

• You may now OK your way out of these Settings windows. At this point, you should see a little blue box in the lower right-hand corner area of your Windows Taskbar which says EN for English. Try toggling back and forth to HE by clicking on the blue box, or by hitting Shift+Alt (or whatever hot keys you set up, above, if you changed the default.) Go back to EN.

• Click here for notes on how to use this keyboard.

UNINSTALLATION

1. Open My Computer, Control Panel, Keyboard, and select the Language tab. Select "Hebrew - Yiddish Pasekh 95," click on the Remove button and click OK.

2. Click on the Start button, move the pointer over Programs and click on "Uninstall Yiddish Pasekh 95" in the "Yiddish Pasekh 95" folder.

• Back to Windows 95/98/ME Yiddish Configuration Notes

• Back to A Users' Guide to Yiddish on the Internet for an overview.