On Wed, 2004-08-04 at 11:46 -0800, peekay wrote: > > > to answer your question, the > keyboard is based on the UNICODE > standard which in turn uses the > ISCII standard (ugh !) .. so the > keys for ta and tha are the ' and > " keys .. and for the cha and cha > they are ' and " keys .. absurd > but its a standard > > more comments
err.. ISCII/UNICODE have nothing to do with keyboard layouts/keyboards. ISCII/UNICODE only provides a few rules on how characters are represented *inside* a computer, primarily from a software level. If you want a govt. approved, semi standardised keyboard layout - there is something called Inscript. Inscript is based on the concept of that in an average Indic word, a consonant (ka, kha, ga....) is almost always followed by a vowel sign (aakaar, ukaar...). So, assuming that the typist is using both hands, Inscript places the vowel signs to the left of the keyboard, while the consonants are placed to the right side - so the typist may type without having to shift his/her hands very often. The picture at http://www.supersoftweb.com/H_kbd_p.gif may make things somewhat clearer. > > other geniuses ? > > question to sdg .. ankur bangla > desktop uses unicode ? so does > unicode have limitations about the > sanjuktaashars ? what limitations > and how do you overcome them ? No limitations - as many conjuncts as you want :) -sdg- -- Sayamindu Dasgupta (ààààààààà àààààààà) [http://sayamindu.randomink.org/ramblings] -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
