Hi Amir,

Thanks for this new development. I will be sharing this information with
the Yoruba Wikipedia community shortly.

Regards,

Isaac

On Dec 14, 2018 10:29 AM, "Asaf Bartov" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Fantastic news!  Let's all make sure speakers of these languages hear of
> this and incorporate it into their work and their trainings.
>
>    A.
>
> On Fri, Dec 14, 2018, 12:37 Amir E. Aharoni <[email protected]
> wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> I'm very happy to announce that the keyboard support for five languages
>> of Africa has improved!
>>
>> The languages are Ewe, Fon, Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba. The improved typing
>> support is usable on any desktop computer with a browser with JavaScript
>> enabled. It is installed in Wikipedia and all other Wikimedia projects, and
>> also on translatewiki.net.
>>
>> These typing tools don't require the installation of any software on your
>> computers, or using any key combinations (like Alt or Ctrl). Most special
>> characters are typed on these keyboards by typing the tilde (~) character
>> before the special letter.
>>
>> See the full documentation here:
>>
>> * Ewe: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:
>> UniversalLanguageSelector/Input_methods/ee-tilde
>> * Fon: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:
>> UniversalLanguageSelector/Input_methods/fon-tilde
>> * Hausa: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:
>> UniversalLanguageSelector/Input_methods/ha-tilde
>> * Igbo: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:
>> UniversalLanguageSelector/Input_methods/ig-tilde
>> * Yoruba: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:
>> UniversalLanguageSelector/Input_methods/yo-tilde
>>
>> Some thanks and credits:
>> The Fon keyboard was originally made by Mahuton Possoupe at the Barcelona
>> Hackathon. This week I updated it with some more necessary characters by
>> Mahuton's request.
>> The Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba keyboards were requested by User:HandsomeBoy
>> at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_
>> Survey_2019/Editing/Add_key_mapping_for_Yoruba,_Igbo,_and_Hausa_to_ULS .
>> The keyboard for Ewe was requested by Felix Nartey.
>> Kartik Mistry was very helpful with reviewing the code for the keyboards,
>> and of course I thank all the developers of jquery.ime (
>> https://github.com/wikimedia/jquery.ime/ ), the underlying technology
>> that was used to make them.
>>
>> If you have any questions about these keyboards, or if you want to
>> request keyboard support for more languages, please reach out to me or
>> leave a note at the talk page:
>> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help_talk:Extension:
>> UniversalLanguageSelector/Input_methods
>>
>> --
>> Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי
>> http://aharoni.wordpress.com
>> ‪“We're living in pieces,
>> I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬
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