[Indic-computing-devel] Mahiti.ORG's indic language input requirements

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sunil> Comfortable WYSIWYG editing edit-on Pro enables word-processor
sunil> like WYSIWYG ...

Your requirements seem to specify two distinct pieces of
functionality:

  (1) a widget or framework that allows WYSIWYG creation of HTML pages
      including tables.
  (2) an input method that can handle indian languages

As for (1) a brief web search turned up a number of existing projects
[http://www.bris.ac.uk/ISC/cms/ttw.html] has a short survey listed,
including editors that work with Zope and editors implemented in
Javascript (!).
[http://www.utoronto.ca/webdocs/HTMLdocs/UNIXTOOLS/unix_editors.html]
is another link to browse.

Topic (2) would be of interest to the folks on this list, so lets
discuss that here.  I've been unable to reach the IIIT-H website for
more than a week now (it seems off the 'Net).  Can someone
knowledgeable about the technical details of their work help with the
following (basic) questions that I have?

* what standards do they base their work on (ISCII/UNICODE/??)
* is their work system specific?  If so, what operating environments
  do they assume (e.g:- do they use specific fonts, OS-specific APIs etc)
* any documentation / published papers on their work?
* are their sources available from anywhere else?
* how well are their design decisions & code documented?

Basically, I want to guage the RE-USEABILITY of their effort.

I have the same questions about the IISc teams work too (CC'ed in this
message).

Thanks,
Koshy
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