unicode by default

[harrismh777]

Terry Reedy wrote:
>> Is there a unix linux package that can be installed that
>> drops at least 'one' default standard font that will be able to render
>> all or 'most' (whatever I mean by that) code points in unicode? Is this
>> a Python issue at all?
>
> Easy, practical use of unicode is still a work in progress.

Apparently...  the good news for me is that SBL provides their unicode 
font here:

      http://www.sbl-site.org/educational/biblicalfonts.aspx

I'm getting much closer here, but now the problem is typing. The pain 
with unicode fonts is that the glyph is tied to the code point for the 
represented character, and not tied to any code point that matches any 
keyboard scan code for typing.   :-}

So, I can now see the ancient text with accents and aparatus in all of 
my editors, but I still cannot type any ancient Greek with my 
keyboard... because I have to make up a keymap first. <sigh>

I don't find that SBL (nor Logos Software) has provided keymaps as 
yet...  rats.

I can read the test with Python though... yessss.


m harris