
Typing the Fidel
================

The full fidel for Eth-View is given in at the beginning of the ADDENDUM report.
In summary, a table for the system used is given below.

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SERA-101 System 6b
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          Consonants:  
           le    lu    li    la    lE    l    lo 

          Independent Vowels:
           a     u/U    i     A   E      I     o    e3 

Rule :    Independent Vowels Following a 6th Form Consonant:
           l'a   l'u   l'i   l'A   l'E   l'I   l'o   l'e3
also -->   l'e   lU          lA          lI    lO   

The writer may choose to use ' as a separator between vowels for
clarity:

Example :   keabebe = ke'abebe = ke'ebebe = keebebe = \ke'abebe\
            leElyas = le'Elyas = \leelyas\
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You are strongly urged to read the ETHIOPIC report for a full understanding
of how this system came about.  You may also like to examine the "review"
file written entirely with the system.  When installation is successful (see
the INSTALL file), the files; "ethnums", "fidel", "system", "recipe", and
"review" can be viewed at once as follows:

	eview -l system
	eview -e fidel
(   eview -e -c fidel  To Print With Columns and Enlarge Screen )
    eview -e -c -x 64 fidel2  
	eview -e ethnums
	eview -l names
	eview -e review

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Special Characters 
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Ethiopic Quotes :  \<word\>
Underline       :   _word_

Default Ethiopic Punctuation

  .  =   ::
         _
  ,  =   :
         _
  ;  =   :
         ~
  :  =   :-

\ Escapes
~~~~~~~~~~

Font Colors

  \~b   blue
  \~c   cyan 
  \~d   default (return to initial foreground color)
  \~g   green
  \~o   orange
  \~p   purple
  \~r   red
  \~w   white
  \~y   yellow

Ethiopic Numbers

  \1  ... \9
  \10 ... \90
  \100 
  \10000

Enter Continuously : 1987 = \109100807  or \10900807

Punctuation

  \       Latin -> Ethiopic or Ethiopic -> Latin Toggle
         _
  \.      \
  \,       \ Sends the equivalent punctuation of the 
  \;       / OTHER mode to the screen.
  \:     _/ 

  \'      Latin "'"
  \`      Latin "`"
  \\      Latin "\"
  \_      Ethiopic Space ":"
  \*      Ethiopic End of Paragraph Marker
  \C      Turn Column Printing on/off.
          (Ethiopic kerning turned off/on)
  \~e     Icon of Ge'ez Homeland 
  \~E     Icon of Ge'ez Homeland, inverse image
  \~a     Icon of African Continent
  \~A     Icon of African Continent, inverse image 
  \~x     "x" Ignored if Undefined

If a " " appears after a color switch or L->E, E->L
toggle, the " " is deleted.



Using Ethiopic Viewer:
=====================

Basic Viewing:   [ eview -bg -c -e -f -fg -fnl -fne -l -m -x -y ]
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
If a file is written in both Ethiopic and Latin script, it is required that you 
specify in which script set the file begins in. To read a file in Ethiopic,
or one that begins in Ethiopic, use the -e option like so :

	eview -e filename

To view a file that begins in Latin script :

	eview -l filename

If you wish to filter out all of the Latin that is between \ and \ :

	eview -f filename    

If no -option is given, eview will ask you how to read the file.

To substitute the Ethiopic space character for for " " :

	eview -s -e filename 

To read Ethiopic file without 4 pixel kerning (in original column format) :

	eview -c -e filename

To change your Latin or Ethiopic font at the command line :

	eview -fnl latinfontname -e filename
	eview -fne ethiopicfontname -e filename


Most of the -options may be mixed and used together.

If Eview does NOT find the requested (or default) Ethiopic font on the
X-Server in use, Eview will read the gez.asc font file instead -either
way the file will be displayed in Ethiopic.  If Eview does not receive the
requested or default Latin font from the X-Server, it will then request
the font "9x15bold", and finally "fixed", to be used instead ("fixed" is
*almost* guaranteed to be available).  You will be notified when the switch
is made to a different font.


Mail Reading:
^^^^^^^^^^^^

To read Ethiopic Email :

	eview -m filename

The mail message must contain the start and stop markers <ethiopic>  and  <>.
You may save a mail message to a new file name and then view the file as
Ethiopic mail by :

	eview -m filename

Or you may read directly from your system mail file, you need only know the
location and name of the file.  Common locations of mail files are /usr/mail/
and /usr/spool/mail  usually your mail file will have the same name as your
user name.  For greater convenience, eview -m /usr/mail/myname , could easily
be added to your GUI's root menu.

In Example :

From fisseha@egr.msu.edu  Tue Mar 22 16:27:26 1994
From: fisseha@egr.msu.edu (Yonas Fisseha)
Subject: Re: globals
To: yacob (D. Yacob)
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 1994 16:27:22 -0500 (EST)
In-Reply-To: <9403221936.AA03465@apollo.aoe.vt.edu> from "D. Yacob" at Mar 22, 94
02:36:09 pm
Content-Type: text
Content-Length: 475    

<sera>
ke  : yonas fsHe
sle : \ globals \
wede : dan'el yaqob
qen : megabit 13Na

  [ Ethiopic Body ] 

</sera>


Unix Redirected Output :
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

cat filename | eview -option    (if no option is given, the output is
                                 assumed to begin with latin)

finger user@address | eview -option
( try finger yacob@apollo.aoe.vt.edu | eview -f )

cat | eview -e -option   (you may copy and past or type directly in
                          your starting widow to view Ethiopic)


Setting Foreground and Background Colors :
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Use the options -bg and -fg like so :

	eview -bg aquamarine -fg red -e filename 

For the flag of Ethiopia background :

	eview -bg bandira -e filename


Changing Height and Width of the Viewing Window :
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Eth-View is set for a default of 48 lines and 60 columns (Ethiopic).
You may change the height and width of the viewer window with the
options -x and -y as shown :

	eview -x 50 -y 58 -e filename
or
	eview -e filename -x 50

As the ordering and the quantity of options is not important.
