Getting Started
Requirement
Sadiss is developed using SDK 1.4. It requires, at least, JRE 1.4
(Java Running Enbironment). You must preinstall JRE in order to
use Sadiss. But, if you have SDK 1.4 or better, you are more than
ready.
Starting Sadiss
There are three way you may start Sadiss. It depends
on your specific need.
- Starting Sadiss with Amharic locale
javaw -classpath . Sadiss am ET
- Starting with default locale
javaw -classpath . Sadiss
- Starting Sadiss with US English locale
javaw -classpath . Sadiss en US
Keyboard Layouts
Currently, Sadiss supports the KWK keyboard layout for Ethiopic.
To enter other Unicode characters, the user should use the Unicode
dialog box. It can be invoked by clicking the Unicode button from
the toolbar or by selecting Unicode from the Edit menu.
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[Ctrl+e]
Sadiss' default layout is KWK Keyboard. Layout chart and a brief
instruction is provided here.
Pressing [Ctrl+e] switches to
the standard keyboard. Pressing [Ctrl+e] again returns
the mode back to KWK.
Sadiss' Font
The default font is "Ethiopia Jiret", a true type font distributed
with Sadiss. You may also use other compatible fonts.
Only a single font selection can be used at a time. Scaling is permitted,
but it will be applied on the entire document. Working with different font
from one document to another is possible at the same time.
Searching
Searching can be performed on any supported text even if it is written
in Amharic or other Ethiopian languages.
Supported Text Types
Generally, Sadiss supports only plain text, but for text that
uses Unicode, it provides two other options.
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[UTF-8] Text is written or read using UTF-8. Internally, Sadiss
works with Unicode character, but it converts the text
from Unicode to UTF-8 when it writes to a file. It also performS
conversion from UTF-8 to Unicode when it reads from a file.
To use this format, Sadiss requires that a file has a name with
an extension ".utf".
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[Unicode] Text is written or read using plain Unicode character.
Each character is assumed to have a two byte size. No conversion
will be done either when the text is written into a file or when
the text is read from a file. A file with this format may not
be interoperable under a different environments; therefore, it
should be used with care. Sadiss requires that a file with plain
Unicode text to have the extension ".uni".
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