JSesh News

A preliminary JSesh port for Android

Benjamin Wheeler has written a first working port of JSesh for Android phones. I'm very impressed by the result.

You can find it on github. Please note :

  • you can get the source code from the web site, or alternatively download the "apk" file in your mobile phone (I'll post a video about h...

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JSesh 7.5.5 released!

JSesh 7.5.5 has just been released. Be sure to check the release page, which describes the new improvements.

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Ongoing work on JSesh

JSesh 7.4.2 has just been released, with its powerful search engine, but a new version of JSesh is in the forge (probably coined 7.5.something).

I will introduce many small improvements:

  • improved exports to Unicode, for both transliteration and glyphs.
  • a very convenient system for inserti...

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A new transliteration font

Boris Jegorovic has kindly sent me a package with two nice fonts which cover the "new" code for the Egyptological yod :

Thanks a lot!

If you know of other useful fonts, and think they should be listed on the transliteration page, feel free to mail me.

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News about the github archive for JSesh

JSesh sources are now distributed through github. You are able to follow the latest development there, and for the most computer-savvy among you, to compile the files for yourself.

This has been going on for a while. But I have very recently decided to take advantage of the issue management sy...

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Installing JSesh on Recent MacOSX Machines

mac problem installation

Note: for more up-to-date information, see this message

Recent versions of Mac OS X (and Windows 10) suppose that new applications are installed through a “store”.
Apple has pionneered in this domain with the Apple Store since the creation of the IPhone.

Now, stores are very convenient. They g...

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About JSesh, Java and Security

Occasionally, people will express concerns about the use of Java in JSesh. I would like to dispel a few legitimate fears here.

At some point, the web was crawling with warnings about security concerns in Java. But why ?

Java is a programming language and environment. By itself, a Java software c...

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Two notable book publications with JSesh

In the beginning of JSesh, I had a page about "books published with JSesh". Now that JSesh is more or less the mainstream editor for Hieroglyphic texts, it would be quite an overwelming task - and this website is not meant to be the OEB :-)

This being said, I am very proud to see JSesh used exte...

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JSesh 7.3.2 is out !

I have just released JSesh 7.3.2

All the details are in the release note !

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JSesh 7.3.1 is out !

I have just released JSesh 7.3.1

All the details are in the release note !

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