thanks Rho
actually i used hi-itrans method from the m17n-contrib project as a 
starting point for this input. there are several types of keyboard methods 
for indian languages hindi, bengali assamese and what not but there are 
only two methods for nepali ne-rom and ne-trad both are incomplete, the 
very reason behind this initiative. 

i was looking for some help from our community on this. Few specific areas 
the community can contribute on is 

   - Directly contributing to source code is always welcome. m17n mim are 
   written in some form of lisp but you dont need to know the language to get 
   things done, I personally dont know much of it but was able to tinker 
   around and copy paste to get things done. There is a comprehensive guide 
   on writing mims<http://www.nongnu.org/m17n/manual-en/m17nDBTutorial.html>
   .
   - I am accustomed to the traditional layout (ba ka ma na) and romanized 
   typing does not come naturally to me specially when i see devanagiri 
   characters. Feedback and suggestions from native users of 
   romanized/transliterated layouts would be very useful here. You can report 
   issues in the issues section in github
   - I have tested this on Ubuntu 12.04, can somebody verify this on other 
   distros as well. 

Just to grab attention of the community here is the gist of what we are 
trying to achieve 

To build a more intuitive input method -- less things to memorize which 
means easier adoption. Something similar to Google transliterate or Deepak 
Khanal's http://unicodenepali.com/ which runs offline and should allow 
typing in other applications as well not just a browser. 

*देवनागरी*
*in ne-romyou type*
*in ne-rom-translityou type*मलाईmla{
malaai
ठिटोQiqoThiToजाउjaFjaau
Some more usage examples 
here<https://github.com/sapradhan/ne-rom-translit/wiki/Usage-examples>. 
Background info and other details 
here<http://nepalitankan.blogspot.com/2013/11/ne-rom-translit.html>

Lets collaborate to make this a success, I am sure many will benefit from 
this. 

धन्यवाद

On Saturday, November 9, 2013 11:20:36 AM UTC+5:45, Rho wrote:
>
> santosh also check the m17n contrib db there are more keyboard layouts. 
>

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