Re: [Indic-computing-devel] kannada keymap

[Dr. U.B. P. <pav...@vi...>]

> I am currently tinkering with translating KDE into
> kannada. I translated a few kde POT files (into
> kannada) using yudit & could view it with kbabel. 
> A few questions:
> I used Code2000 & since it is a shareware, i am
> looking for another font. Any suggestions?

Wait for some time. You will get a free opentype font for Kannada. It 
is almost (98%) ready. If you want it in that stage send me a 
personal email.

> The default kannada keymaps that came with yudit are
> sorely inadequate & don't display all the Consonants
> like. Try typing "kannada" & you will see. 
> Can i convert the yudit keyboard layout sources to any
> other format, such that i can use it with other apps,
> like kbabel?  

If you use INSCRIPT layout then there is not much hassle from 
programming point of view. Unicode key sequences will take care of 
rest. Govt of Karnataka has made a standardised layout for Kannada. 
There is a s/w by name "Nudi" developed as per these standards 
(keyboard, font glyph set and sorting order). This is available at 
www.bangaloreit.com for free download. This works only on Windows. 
You can study this layout and try to implement in Yudit. This layout 
adds extra burden on programmer as he has to keep track of previous 
keystrokes and accordingly interpret the keystrokes.

BTW, do you have any experience of Yudit with Windows (98 and/or XP). 
I tried in both 98 and XP. I could not use it for Kannada. I have 
opentype font for Kannada. I read the HowTo and placed the font in 
the appropriate directory, edited the conf file, installed 
Ghostscript and GhostView, etc. No luck.

Regards,
Pavanaja

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