[Indic-computing-users] Re: [PRC] GNU/Linux in Hindi: KDE and IIT-Madras (fwd)

[Frederick N. <fr...@by...>]

This input is from Naba Kumar, a Gnome developer in India. He is
contactable at <kh...@ya...>
FN

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On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 13:24, Shridhar Daithankar wrote:
> 
> Another thing I would like to see from users POV is to switch keyboard map on 
> the fly. In windows I can select keyboard map per application. So that I can 
> type in devnaagari in one app. and english in another. I don't know how this 
> can be done with X. But sure there must be a way out. Otherwise how can I write 
> marathi comment in a C++ file..;-)
> 
GNOME2 has an applet (docked in the panel) which does the keyboard map
switching. It shows the current input method in the applet along with
the country's flag. The switch is done with shift+shift (left and right)
to switch back and forth between two locales.

-- 
Regards,
-Naba

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