Swapnil 'Arnie' Bhartiya ----------------------- Assistant Editor EFYTimes http://www.efytimes.com (Electronics For You Magazine Group) Mobile: 09910956518
--- On Wed, 18/6/08, G Karunakar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: G Karunakar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Help Needed for Hindi Typiing in Ubuntu > To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, 18 June, 2008, 12:00 AM > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 10:09 PM, Swapnil Bhartiya > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > --- On Tue, 17/6/08, Easwar Hariharan > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Easwar Hariharan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Help Needed for Hindi Typiing > in Ubuntu > > To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" > <[email protected]> > > Date: Tuesday, 17 June, 2008, 9:42 PM > > > > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 9:18 PM, Swapnil Bhartiya > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > I have installed GNU/Linux Ubuntu on the PC of > one of the senior science > > > writers. He was using Windows earlier. Now he is > facing some problems > > using > > > a feature of Windows Character Map, wherein he > could assign a key to type > > > particular alphabet in Shusha Font. > > > > > > He uses OpenOffice to type his article in Hindi. > > > > > > If I failed to help him out he might go back to > Windows which I don't > > want > > > and which will discourage others to take Linux. > Could someone please > > help? > > > > System>>Administration>>Language > Support.Enable Hindi.The phonetic > > type of > > input should allow him to learn how to type in Hindi > easily. > > -- > > Regards, > > Easwar > > > > > > Thanks Eshwar, but he says that in Windows he could > use Alt+ number keys to > > generate some character, could that be done in Ubuntu? > > > > > Well all this font stuff is not much needed in Ubuntu (or > any Linux > desktop).. > Hindi input needs to be enabled if it was not already setup > or installed. > these could tell better. > > http://113street.wordpress.com/2008/01/25/hindi-in-ubuntu-linux/ > > there is another quicker way (albeit will need some > learning to get used to > keyboard). > http://www.indlinux.org/wiki/index.php/KeyboardGnomeKde > > or best is this.. (just select India - Hindi Bolnagri in > keyboard layout - > see above link ). > http://www.indlinux.org/wiki/index.php/BolNagri > > What ever is typed will be saved in Unicode and not in font > encoding like > Shusha.. benefits of which will be immediately evident. > > Regards, > Karunakar > -- > http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers Thanks to all those who offered support and advice. Now, I have enough information (courtesy you all) that I can make GNU/Linux work for him. Regards Swapnil Unlimited freedom, unlimited storage. Get it now, on http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
