$Id: ENCODING,v 1.6 2003-07-12 18:00:03+03 rl Exp $
The following is a full description of the encoding used in the various Hebrew
groff fonts. It is an extension of Hebrew TeX encoding.

To avoid non-ASCII characters in this description, we denote the input 
character whose decimal code is NNN by charNNN.  Otherwise, each character is 
identified by a name: If the name is a single character c, it corresponds to 
the groff input character c. If it is exactly two characters xx, if corresponds 
to the groff input character \(xx. Otherwise, it corresponds to the groff input 
character \C'name' or \[name].

Many characters have multiple encoding. They are given by space-separated lists.

Hebrew letters (consonants)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The following is the encoding of the 27 Hebrew letters. The final forms of
the letters kaf, mem, nun, pe and sade precede the normal forms.

char224 ` `a alef
char225 a 'a bet
char226 b ^a gimel
char227 c ~a dalet
char228 d :a he
char229 e oa vav
char230 f ae zayin
char231 g ,c het
char232 h `e tet
char233 i 'e yod
char234 j ^e kafs
char235 k :e kaf
char236 l `i lamed
char237 m 'i mems
char238 n ^i mem
char239 o :i nuns
char240 p Sd nun
char241 q ~n samekh
char242 r `o ayin
char243 s 'o pes
char244 t ^o pe
char245 u ~o sades
char246 v :o sade
char247 w tdi di kof
char248 x /o resh
char249 y `u shin
char250 z 'u tav


Characters special to DeadSea, Jerusalem, TelAviv, OldJaffa
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The following ASCII characters are available, with their usual meaning.

!"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@[\]^_{|}~


In few cases, an alternative groff name may be used.

# sh
$ Do 
- hy
/ sl
@ at
[ lB
\ rs
] rB
^ a^
{ lC
| ba
} rC
~ a~
char163 Po (sterling)

Characters special to Shalom-OldStyle, Shalom-Stick, Shalom-Script.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The following ASCII symbols are available, with their usual meaning.

'",./\:;!?()


The following are vowles which should appear in the groff input after, i.e.,
to the right of, the consonants. The first column refer to regular consonants.
The second refer to narrow consonants, including resh, and the third one to
wider consonants, like shin. The last column refer to special cases (described
parenthetically).

0 hirik			A hirik1		K hirik2
1 tsere			B tsere1		L tsere2
2 segol			C segol1		M segol2
3 shva			D shva1			N shva2		U shva0 (kafs)
4 kubuts		E kubuts1		O kubuts2
5 patah			F patah1		P patah2
6 kamats		G kamats1		Q kamats2	V kamats0 (kafs)
7 hatafsegol		H hatafsegol1		R hatafsegol2
8 hatafpatah		I hatafpatah1		S hatafpatah2
9 hatafkamats		J hatafkamats1		T hatafkamats2
W dagesh		X dagesh1				Y dagesh0 (yod)


The following are vowels which should appear before, i.e. to the left of, the
consonant.

= holamhaser
> holammaleh
< shuruk


The following special symbols are also available. The symbols marked by an
asterisk have no single character representation in TeX.

} shindot (shin with a dot on the right) (*)
{ sin (shin with a dot on the left) (*)
[ revcomma
Z lowquotes
@ ellipsis
~ highbar makaf (*)
- bigdash mafrid (*)
_ biggerdash Mafrid (*)
^ overbar (*)

The following are combinations used mainly in Yiddish.

alefpatah
alefkamats
vavvav
vavyod
yodhirik
yodyod
yodyodpatah

Dr. Zvi Har'El     mailto:rl@math.technion.ac.il     Department of Mathematics
tel:+972-54-227607 icq:179294841     Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
fax:+972-4-8293388 http://www.math.technion.ac.il/~rl/     Haifa 32000, ISRAEL
"If you can't say somethin' nice, don't say nothin' at all." -- Thumper (1942)
                               Saturday, 12 Tammuz 5763, 12 July 2003,  5:59PM