On 5/8/07, mak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 09/05/07, Golam Mortuza Hossain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > As it could be a major upgrade for Probhat layout, it would be nice > > if people post their other concerns/comments/usability issues that they > > might have!! > > > > > If possible think about the dot / fullstop / period symbol; to get this > either go to numeric keypad, or change the layout into English again.
I would say "|" (vertical bar) is the more intuitive daanri symbol, but then we'll have to find something for double-daanri. Here's another idea that may or may not be worth pursuing: X has (or at least had) this concept of groups -- in fact what used to happen when you switched a layout was you moved to a new group. (I'm speaking in the past tense because there has been some restructuring with the Xorg move and I'm not sure if this has changed). The interesting thing was that even though a single keystroke could only emit one character, it could also change the group. I used this feature to fake a finite state machine and created a modified probhat layout that had the same key bound to different code points depending on context. So, for example, vowel keys like u would be bound to উ in state 1 and ু in state 2. Pressing any consonant key would change the state to 2. Pressing any vowel key would change to state 1, etc. The advantage of this is that (1) it's more intuitive and (2) frees up more keys. I gave up on using this after moving to Xorg because my old layout changing commands didn't work any more and I couldn't figure out how to fix it. I'm not sure if it's at all possible now, but if it is and if others are interested, this could be the basis of an alternative layout. -Deepayan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Bengalinux-core mailing list Bengalinux-core@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bengalinux-core
