Re: [Ankur-users] How can I input Bangla with GNOME application?

[Byung-Hee H. <bh...@iz...>]

On Mon, 2007-10-15 at 14:50 +0600, Jamil Ahmed wrote:
> On 10/15/07, Byung-Hee HWANG <bh...@iz...> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2007-10-15 at 09:55 +0600, Khandakar Mujahidul Islam wrote:
> > > Dear Byung-Hee,
> > > Happy to hear about your interest on Bengali input.
> > >
> > > You can follow the following link which be helpful to you
> > > http://www.stat.wisc.edu/~deepayan/Bengali/WebPage/Contrib/input.html
> > > http://www.bengalinux.org/documents/bengali-keyboard-mini-howto.php
> > >
> > > You can also use m17n for writing any language in Linux/Unix.
> > > http://www.m17n.org/m17n-lib-en/
> > >
> > > Here is web based one using which you can input Bangla:
> > > http://phpxperts.net/phonetic/example.html
> >
> > Okay, I'll do that, thanks!
> 
> Better try this one on GNOME 2.20 or similar on older versions:
> 
> Right click on your "GNOME Panel" > Click "Add to Panel" > Utilities >
> Keyboard Indicator > Add > then Close.
> 
> Now, Right click on the "Keyboard Indicator" on your "GNOME Panel" >
> Click "Keyboard Preferences" > Layouts > Add > Select "Layouts:
> Bangladesh" and "Variants: Probhat" > Add > Close.
> 
> Now you can toggle between Bangla and other installed keyboard layout.
> Probhat is a semi-phonetic keyboard. You can get the layout:
> 
> Old one:
> http://www.bengalinux.org/images/probhat_layout_14_aug_2007.png
> 
> New one [which might not included in x.org yet]:
> http://www.bengalinux.org/images/probhat_layout.png
> 
> >> I made of success of output in Bangla on my Firefox after Akaash
> font installation. See
> http://izb.knu.ac.kr/~bh/stuff/ankur-firefix.png
> 
> It seems your Firefox does not have Indic/Bangla rendering support.
> The conjuncts are not showing properly.

Thanks for the guidance, I'll also do that.

Sincerely,

-- 
Byung-Hee HWANG <bh...@iz...>

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