Excellent. On 02/03/07, Ragib Hasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > One of the problems new contributors faced in Bangla Wikipedia > (http://bn.wikipedia.org ) was the unavailability of a Bangla Typing > system. They had to use Avro or other external typing tools to write > Bangla text. Often, when one is in office or elsewhere, this was not > possible, as it involved installing a software, or doing it in some > other website and cutting pasting the content. > > Last week, we have enabled built in Bangla typing in Bangla Wikipedia. > Arnab Zaheen, one of the active administrators and architects of > Bangla Wikipedia, has modified the Cyrillic wikipedia transliteration > scripts to suit Bangla typing, and has created the necessary > mappings/settings to include it in the Edit box. > > So, the bottom line is, you can now type in Bangla without installing > any software. When you click on edit at any page, you'll see a "Check > box" at the top of the edit window. Press ESC and the check box will > be enabled, moving you into Bangla typing mode. Again press escape, > and you will move into English mode. > > If you don't see the edit box, please press CTRL-F5 or refresh to make > sure you cache gets cleaned. > > The external tools, like Avro/Likhon etc, will continue to work as before. > > The built-in typing system uses phonetic key mappings, for the time being. > > The system is still under construction, and has some documented bugs, > but Zaheen is improving it regularly. Thanks to him for adding this > feature. > > With regards, > > Ragib > > -- > Ragib Hasan > PhD Student > Dept of Computer Science > University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign > 201 N Goodwin Avenue > Urbana IL 61801 > > Website: > http://www.ragibhasan.com > http://netfiles.uiuc.edu/rhasan/www > >
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