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+" Vim Keymap file for hebrew
+" Maintainer  : Ron Aaron <ron@ronware.org>
+" Last Updated: Wed 28 Feb 2001 21:28:51
+" This is the standard Israeli keyboard layout with (my nonstandard locations
+" for) niqud, for utf:
+
+" Use this short name in the status line.
+let b:keymap_name = "heb"
+loadkeymap
+a	<char-0x5e9>	" ש - shin
+b	<char-0x5e0>	" נ - nun
+c	<char-0x5d1>	" ב - bet
+d	<char-0x5d2>	" ג - gimel
+e	<char-0x5e7>	" ק - qof
+f	<char-0x5db>	" כ - kaf
+g	<char-0x5e2>	" ע - ayin
+h	<char-0x5d9>	" י - yod
+i	<char-0x5df>	" ן - final nun
+j	<char-0x5d7>	" ח - het
+k	<char-0x5dc>	" ל - lamed
+l	<char-0x5da>	" ך - final kaf
+m	<char-0x5e6>	" צ - tsadi
+n	<char-0x5de>	" מ - mem
+o	<char-0x5dd>	" ם - final mem
+p	<char-0x5e4>	" פ - pe
+q	/		" / - slash
+r	<char-0x5e8>	" ר - resh
+s	<char-0x5d3>	" ד - dalet
+t	<char-0x5d0>	" א - alef
+u	<char-0x5d5>	" ו - vav
+v	<char-0x5d4>	" ה - he
+w	'		" ' - single-quote
+x	<char-0x5e1>	" ס - samekh
+y	<char-0x5d8>	" ט - tet
+z	<char-0x5d6>	" ז - zayin
+,	<char-0x5ea>	" ת - tav
+.	<char-0x5e5>	" ץ - final tsadi
+;	<char-0x5e3>	" ף - final pe
+'	,		" , - comma
+/	.		" . - period
+`	;		" ; - semicolon
+A:	<Char-0x5b0>	" sheva
+HE	<Char-0x5b1>	" hataf segol
+HA	<Char-0x5b2>	" hataf patah
+HO	<Char-0x5b3>	" hataf qamats
+I	<Char-0x5b4>	" hiriq
+AY	<Char-0x5b5>	" tsere
+E	<Char-0x5b6>	" segol
+AA	<Char-0x5b7>	" patah
+AO	<Char-0x5b8>	" qamats
+O	<Char-0x5b9>	" holam
+U	<Char-0x5bb>	" qubuts
+D	<Char-0x5bc>	" dagesh
+]T	<Char-0x5bd>	" meteg
+]Q	<Char-0x5be>	" maqaf
+]R      <Char-0x5bf>	" rafe
+]p      <Char-0x5c0>    " paseq
+SR	<Char-0x5c1>	" shin-dot
+SL	<Char-0x5c2>	" sin-dot
+]P	<Char-0x5c3>	" sof-pasuq
+VV	<Char-0x5f0>    " double-vav
+VY	<Char-0x5f1>    " vav-yod
+YY	<Char-0x5f2>    " yod-yod
+" cantillation:
+C:	<Char-0x591>	" etnahta
+Cs <Char-0x592>   " segol
+CS <Char-0x593>   " shalshelet
+Cz <Char-0x594>   " zaqef qatan
+CZ <Char-0x595>   " zaqef gadol
+Ct <Char-0x596>   " tipeha
+Cr <Char-0x597>   " revia
+Cq <Char-0x598>   " zarqa
+Cp <Char-0x599>   " pashta
+C! <Char-0x59a>   " yetiv
+Cv <Char-0x59b>   " tevir
+Cg <Char-0x59c>   " geresh
+C* <Char-0x59d>   " geresh qadim
+CG <Char-0x59e>   " gershayim
+CP <Char-0x59f>   " qarnei-parah
+Cy <Char-0x5aa>   " yerach-ben-yomo
+Co <Char-0x5ab>  " ole
+Ci <Char-0x5ac>  " iluy
+Cd <Char-0x5ad>  " dehi
+Cn <Char-0x5ae>  " zinor
+CC <Char-0x5af>  " masora circle
+X` <Char-0xfb20>  " Alternative `ayin
+X' <Char-0xfb21>  " Alternative 'alef
+X-d <Char-0xfb22>  " Alternative dalet
+X-h <Char-0xfb23>  " Alternative he
+X-k <Char-0xfb24>  " Alternative kaf
+X-l <Char-0xfb25>  " Alternative lamed
+X-m <Char-0xfb26>  " Alternative mem-sofit
+X-r <Char-0xfb27>  " Alternative resh
+X-t <Char-0xfb28>  " Alternative tav
+X-+ <Char-0xfb29>  " Alternative plus
+XW <Char-0xfb2a>  " shin+shin-dot
+Xw <Char-0xfb2b>  " shin+sin-dot
+X..W <Char-0xfb2c>  " shin+shin-dot+dagesh
+X..w <Char-0xfb2d>  " shin+sin-dot+dagesh
+XA <Char-0xfb2e>  " alef+patah
+XO <Char-0xfb2f>  " alef+qamats
+XI <Char-0xfb30>  " alef+hiriq (mapiq)
+X.b <Char-0xfb31>  " bet+dagesh
+X.g <Char-0xfb32>  " gimel+dagesh
+X.d <Char-0xfb33>  " dalet+dagesh
+X.h <Char-0xfb34>  " he+dagesh
+Xu <Char-0xfb35>  " vav+dagesh
+X.z <Char-0xfb36>  " zayin+dagesh
+X.T <Char-0xfb38>  " tet+dagesh
+X.y <Char-0xfb39>  " yud+dagesh
+X.K <Char-0xfb3a>  " kaf sofit+dagesh
+X.k <Char-0xfb3b>  " kaf+dagesh
+X.l <Char-0xfb3c>  " lamed+dagesh
+X.m <Char-0xfb3e>  " mem+dagesh
+X.n <Char-0xfb40>  " nun+dagesh
+X.s <Char-0xfb41>  " samech+dagesh
+X.P <Char-0xfb43>  " pe sofit+dagesh
+X.p <Char-0xfb44>  " pe+dagesh
+X.x <Char-0xfb46>  " tsadi+dagesh
+X.q <Char-0xfb47>  " qof+dagesh
+X.r <Char-0xfb48>  " resh+dagesh
+X.w <Char-0xfb49>  " shin+dagesh
+X.t <Char-0xfb4a>  " tav+dagesh
+Xo <Char-0xfb4b>  " vav+holam
+XRb <Char-0xfb4c>  " bet+rafe
+XRk <Char-0xfb4d>  " kaf+rafe
+XRp <Char-0xfb4e>  " pe+rafe
+Xal <Char-0xfb4f>  " alef-lamed