Re: [Ankur-core] Keyboard Layout

[Progga <abu...@ju...>]

On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 09:21:55AM +0530, dipankar das wrote:

Sorry for the super-late reply ;-(

> 4. And the other problem with Solaiman Lipi is that, the 'Khanda-ta' does=
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> not work in all cases. What i do is, typing a 'ta' and then a 'hasanta' a=
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> then type the next character. In some cases where i am writing a letter t=
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> does not have a natural conjoined form with 'khanda-ta', like say 'sa', a=
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Solaiman Lipi uses the new Khanda-ta code (0x09CE).  If you are using the n=
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Probhat layout then press shift-8 to write khanda-ta.


> 6. The non-joining of 'a' and 'hasanta' is another problem. How to write =
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> character that comes at the start of the words like 'academy' or 'account=
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> The 'hasanta' thing does not come after 'a'. So, the way out is to use=20
> 'antastha a', then 'hasanta', and then 'ya'. This looks pretty outlandish=
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a+hasanta+ya+a-kar is working in my site.

> 7. The 'dash' cannot be typed in BN keyboard. Everytime one has to type a=
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> 'dash', first change the KB layout with 'Ctrl-Shift', then type the 'dash=
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> and then again change back to BN with 'Ctrl-Shift'. This is a nasty thing=
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> healthy typing. When you technical people will start to think about us, t=
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> poor hapless writers, or type-writers, as it seems at times. Just think, =
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> many times a 'dash' is used in Bangla words, even within words, let alone=
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> a syntax sign.=20

This is really a problem.  The way out is to use the minus sign from the
number-pad.  Same goes for the plus sign.

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> 8. I think some more things are there. I will report them later. And one=
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> apology from the start: i was pretty uneasy to write it here being a=20
> nontechnical person myself. But Sayamindu Dasgupta insisted it. I am usin=
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> OOo now for my Bangla writing. And at last i could bid good bye to the MS=
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> thing from my machine. Thank you all for making that possible.=20

Congratulations and welcome.