Re: [ubuntu-in] Typing in Indian Languages

2011-07-04 Thread Vividh Aditya
Thanks Rajiv. That was one big hindrance I was finding with BolNagri. Simple things sometimes look so complicated. :) Regards, Surender On 07/04/2011 08:18 PM, Rajiv Ranjan wrote: use right alt+ shift+e for ऐ and right alt+ shift+o for औ, i.e. you have to switch to level 3 (R alt+ is the defau

Re: [ubuntu-in] Typing in Indian Languages

2011-07-04 Thread Rajiv Ranjan
use right alt+ shift+e for ऐ and right alt+ shift+o for औ, i.e. you have to switch to level 3 (R alt+ is the default for doing so, you can change it to any other key combination as well by going to keyboard preferences>layouts>options) more help here http://indlinux.org/wiki/index.php/BolNagri --

Re: [ubuntu-in] Typing in Indian Languages

2011-06-23 Thread KBS Ramachandra
Thanks for all the help. For now, I figured the convenient way of typing Kannada in transliteration anywhere in the system (which is my preference) Just giving a gist here :: 1. Setup SCIM 2. Installed Kannada, Hindi and many other languages 3. Under IMEngine -> Global Setup, Selected a

Re: [ubuntu-in] Typing in Indian Languages

2011-06-23 Thread Vividh Aditya
I installed some keyboard layouts and would prefer India Hindi Bolnagri, which is very similar to Takhti. Found it easy. Yet I cannot get to write for example "Ainak/aidee" or "Aurat/aukhlee" The keyboard layout shows E and O, assigned, but only allow to put the maatra rather than the akshar it

Re: [ubuntu-in] Typing in Indian Languages (was: need desktop search tool)

2011-06-23 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Sriranga(78yrsold) wrote: > @KBS > Is available goldendict -for kannada goldendict uses what ever dictionaries are available in a true sense these are dictionaries as well as translators the hindi dictionaries are dict-freedict-eng-hin and dict-freedict-hin-eng

Re: [ubuntu-in] Typing in Indian Languages (was: need desktop search tool)

2011-06-23 Thread Arjuna Rao Chavala
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 1:00 PM, KBS Ramachandra wrote: > How do you enable typing in Indic languages directly? Is there a different > keyboard layout for each Indian language? > > Yes. > I setup scim and am able to write in Kannada with transliteration in gedit > > Would appreciate any inputs on

Re: [ubuntu-in] Typing in Indian Languages (was: need desktop search tool)

2011-06-23 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 1:00 PM, KBS Ramachandra wrote: > How do you enable typing in Indic languages directly? Is there a different > keyboard layout for each Indian language? > > I setup scim and am able to write in Kannada with transliteration in gedit > > Would appreciate any inputs on this.

Re: [ubuntu-in] Typing in Indian Languages (was: need desktop search tool)

2011-06-23 Thread Sriranga(78yrsold)
@KBS Is available goldendict -for kannada in the repos ? On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 1:00 PM, KBS Ramachandra wrote: > How do you enable typing in Indic languages directly? Is there a different > keyboard layout for each Indian language? > > I setup scim and am able to write in Kannada with transli

[ubuntu-in] Typing in Indian Languages (was: need desktop search tool)

2011-06-23 Thread KBS Ramachandra
How do you enable typing in Indic languages directly? Is there a different keyboard layout for each Indian language? I setup scim and am able to write in Kannada with transliteration in gedit Would appreciate any inputs on this. Thanks and regards, Ramachandra On 06/23/2011 12:36 PM, Ramnaray