[Indic-computing-users] [Fwd: [Bengalinux-core] imbeng : A gtk input module for Bangla released]

[Sayamindu D. <unm...@So...>]

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From: Taneem Ahmed <ta...@ey...>
To: Taneem Ahmed <ta...@ey...>
Subject: [Bengalinux-core] imbeng : A gtk input module for Bangla released
Date: 30 Jan 2003 06:22:33 -0500

Hi All,

bengalinux.org group has released the first public beta version of imbeng,
a gtk input module for Bangla. The package can be downloaded from:

  http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=43331

The README file included in the package has information about installing
and using the package.

Note:

imbeng transliterates phonetic English input into Bangla characters. There
are quite a few programs like this out there, but the beauty of imbeng is
that it will work with any program written with gtk+ (which covers most
of the GNOME programs!).

Special thanks to Dr. Shakil of BornoSoft for all his help, encouragement,
and guidance. imbeng tries to immulate Dr. Shakil's scheme to type Bangla,
but I must admit it is not even close to his software. I am hoping soon
BornoSoft will release an input module that will replace imbeng.

Bugs:

There are quite a few bugs in imbeng. The worst of them are few missing
Bangla characters (e.g. dhoi shunno ra, doi shunno ra, bisharga, etc). The
mapping needs to be refined, and your comments will be most valuable.

Usage:

To test imbeng, open up gedit after installing imbeng. If you open gedit
under a Bangla locale (e.g. bn_BD.UTF-8 or bn_IN.UTF-8), then imbeng will
be already in use. Otherwise, right click on the text field and choose
"Bengali" from the popup menu's "Input Methods" sub menu.

Now you can start typing. Here are the few rules you should remember:
  
* Any vowel at the begining of a word will give you the vowel. However, if
it comes after a consonant will give you the matra form. For example, if
you type "amar" it will give you the proper Bangla characters for it.
  
* Two consonant with out any vowel in between will give you the ligature
for those two consonant. For example, "sondha" will join "n" and
"dh" ("dh" stands for "dho").
  
* The letter 'o' represents the Bangla character "shoray o". It is
important to remember that even if "shoray o" is silent in a word, you
will have to use it. Otherwise imbeng will join the two consonant.

Here are the English to Bangla mapping:
  
  a              shoray a
  a, `           shoray a (if you need to force the letter "shoray a")
  b, 0           bo
  b, h           bho
  c              cho
  c, h           chho
  d              do
  d, `           ddo
  d, `, h        ddho
  d, h           dho
  e              ea (ekar)
  e, `           ea (if you need to force the letter ea)
  e, i           oi (oikar)
  e, i, `        oi (if you need to force the letter oi)
  f              pho
  g              go
  g, h           gho
  h              ho
  i              rosho e
  i, `           rosho e (if you need to force the letter rosho e)
  i, i           dirgho e
  i, i, `        dirgho e (if you need to force the letter dirgho e)
  j              jo
  j, h           jho
  k              ko
  k, h           kho
  l              lo
  m              mo
  n              donton no
  n, `           murdhanno no
  n, g           anushar
  o              shoray o
  o, `           shoray o (if you need to force the letter shoray o)
  o, i           ou
  o, i, `        ou (if you need to force the letter ou)
  o, o           oo
  o, o, `        oo (if you need to force the letter oo)
  p              po
  p, h           pho
  q              ko
  q, h           kho
  r              ra
  r, r           rikar
  s              donto sho
  s, `           talibo sho
  s, h           murdhanno sho
  t              to (as in my name Taneem!)
  t, `           tto (as in taka, tata)
  t, `, h        ttho
  t, h           tho
  u              rosho u
  u, `           rosho u (if you need to force the letter rosho u)
  u, u           dirgho u
  u, u, `        dirgho u (if you need to force the letter dirgho u)
  v              bho
  y              ontosto ja | These two looks a bit weird, but ja phala
  z              ontosto o  | seems to be more useful in 'y'. Will be
                            | improved later


Thanks,
Taneem

If it is true that the only paradises are those we have lost, I know what
name to give the tender and inhuman something that dwells in me today.


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