Re: Re: [Indlinux-group] A new Devanagari keyboard layout proposal

[Aijaz A. <aij...@re...>]

Gnya of Gyan is in fact Ja + Halant + Nya in Unicode. Don't use da and Half=
 Na, use half Ja and Nya (of Vyanjan). There is Bolnagari for Linux, a phon=
etic keyboard layout, though I am not too happy with that. In Windows, ther=
e is Swara keyboard created by me.=0AAijaz=0A=0AOn Thu, 17 Nov 2005 Soumyad=
ip Modak wrote :=0A>On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 19:02 +0530, Mrugesh Karnik wrote=
:=0A> > Hi,=0A> >=0A> > I have been looking for a way to type emails and do=
cuments in Marathi=0A> > over the past few weeks. I have found a very good =
way to do so on=0A> > Windows. While searching for a way to do it on Linux,=
 I stubled upon the=0A> > X keyboard layouts at the indlinux website. But, =
the layouts, for me,=0A> > are quite unintuitive. I have a suggestion for a=
n easier layout.=0A> >=0A> > I think conversion from an English keyboard to=
 a Devanagari keyboard=0A> > should be very very painless. Here's an exampl=
e:=0A> >=0A> > Consider the word "devanagari". Notice how I have managed to=
 type a=0A> > Sanskrit word in English, using english alphabets. The same w=
ay, we=0A> > should be able to type any word in Marathi on an English keybo=
ard.=0A> >=0A> > devanagari could be typed in as : "devanAgarI"=0A> >=0A> >=
 We type our names in English this way all the time. Why not use the same=
=0A> > principle while designing a keyboard layout?=0A> >=0A> > I think thi=
s link should be very helpful:=0A> >=0A> > http://depts.washington.edu/ebmp=
/downloads/Devanagari_keyboard.pdf=0A> >=0A> > We could perhaps replace the=
 use of Alt with Shift.=0A> >=0A> > The only problem I have faced with this=
 keyboard (in windows.. if it=0A> > were available in Linux, I wouldn't be =
writing this email!) was that I=0A> > wasn't able to type the 'dnya' in 'dn=
yaan' (=E0=A4=A6=E0=A5=8D=E0=A4=A8=E0=A5=8D=E0=A4=AF=E0=A4=BE=E0=A4=A8 <<< =
that's not the=0A> > correct way to type the word. I guess that that word w=
ill be visible=0A> > only on a UTF-8 enabled system, with a suitable font i=
nstalled. I am=0A> > using GISTYogesh font=0A> > (http://salrc.uchicago.edu=
/resources/fonts/cdacyogeshskt.html) right now.=0A> >=0A> > Regards,=0A> > =
Mrugesh=0A> >=0A> > P.S. After typing this much, I had a conversation with =
gora in=0A> > #indlinux. It was suggested that SCIM should be used for this=
 and a SCIM=0A> > layout should be modified according to my needs. I'll be =
trying to get=0A> > it working with the help of gora in KDE 3.4.3 on my Gen=
too system in a=0A> > few days...=0A>=0A>Try the scim-m17n package. What yo=
u need is the M17N-hi-itrans IM.=0A>=0A>--=0A>Soumyadip Modak=0A>Mobile : 9=
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