Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Sanskrit, scripts and Wikisource
Hoi, Reading back I realised that I did not answer your question really. What you are asking for is the possibility to transliterate a text into a specific script.This is something that needs development. At the Silpa website there is functionality that does some initial transliteration. It however needs more work and when the software has been tried and tested it still needs to be implemented in MediaWiki. So the answer is: please help us code this functionality :) Thanks, Gerard http://silpa.org.in/Transliterate On 5 March 2012 17:33, praveenp me.prav...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Is it possible to select other scripts other than devnagiri or brahmi on user level? I know some sanskrit but i'm more comfortable with malayalam script :-). Such an option will be an added advantage for many people like me. I've seen many sanskrit texts (usually with malayalam translation or detailing) using malayalam script. So i hope nothing wrong in it. -- With love Praveen http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Praveenp:talk http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Praveenp ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Sanskrit, scripts and Wikisource
Frankly, i had not understood what you said earlier :-(, thank you for later one. As you may have known, I personaly not interested in current type wide deployment of webfonts, not only because usability of its current deployment is limited, but also it is almost obsolete in its current purpose. Still I believe it can provide much help to users in multi-script environment. For sanskrit, even en.wp article says that many compatible scripts including malayalam, kannada, telugu etc were used to write sanskrit. Providing all those scripts in webfonts in wiki level may be idiotic in developer sense. If users are able to select appropriate font (read script) for them, then IMO it will be the real win of webfonts. Anyway i'm happy to know you've such a vast knowledge about silpa project and its scope and limitation. :-) On 07/03/2012, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com wrote: Hoi, Reading back I realised that I did not answer your question really. What you are asking for is the possibility to transliterate a text into a specific script.This is something that needs development. At the Silpa website there is functionality that does some initial transliteration. It however needs more work and when the software has been tried and tested it still needs to be implemented in MediaWiki. So the answer is: please help us code this functionality :) Thanks, Gerard http://silpa.org.in/Transliterate On 5 March 2012 17:33, praveenp me.prav...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Is it possible to select other scripts other than devnagiri or brahmi on user level? I know some sanskrit but i'm more comfortable with malayalam script :-). Such an option will be an added advantage for many people like me. I've seen many sanskrit texts (usually with malayalam translation or detailing) using malayalam script. So i hope nothing wrong in it. -- With love Praveen http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Praveenp:talk http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Praveenp ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Sent from my mobile device With love Praveen http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Praveenp:talkhttp://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Praveenp ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Sanskrit, scripts and Wikisource
Hi, Is it possible to select other scripts other than devnagiri or brahmi on user level? I know some sanskrit but i'm more comfortable with malayalam script :-). Such an option will be an added advantage for many people like me. I've seen many sanskrit texts (usually with malayalam translation or detailing) using malayalam script. So i hope nothing wrong in it. -- With love Praveen http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Praveenp:talkhttp://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Praveenp ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Sanskrit, scripts and Wikisource
Hoi, To be honest, I know that you can identify a language and a font to go with it. What I have to ask is how to identify Sanskrit with the Malayalam script because technically it is the only correct thing to do. Thanks, Gerard On 5 March 2012 17:33, praveenp me.prav...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Is it possible to select other scripts other than devnagiri or brahmi on user level? I know some sanskrit but i'm more comfortable with malayalam script :-). Such an option will be an added advantage for many people like me. I've seen many sanskrit texts (usually with malayalam translation or detailing) using malayalam script. So i hope nothing wrong in it. -- With love Praveen http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Praveenp:talk http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Praveenp ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
[Wikimediaindia-l] Sanskrit, scripts and Wikisource
Hoi, Today the Sanskrit Wikisource will get WebFonts support. The Sanskrit Wikipedia already has it for some time and it works well for them. What will be different is that in the Wikisource, it will be possible to have original texts in the script as it was of at the time of first publication. According to the English language Wikipedia article and according to the Omniglot website Sanskrit is written in many scripts. When you google for the Brahmi script, you will find several fonts that are freely available. What is needed for us to use it in the Wikimedia Foundation is that these fonts are freely licensed and, that they pass the technical requirements of the Localisation team. Obviously when a font is available in WebFonts, it is available in any wiki that has WebFonts enabled. Thanks, Gerard http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2012/03/sanskrit-sources-and-scripts.html http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2012/03/sanskrit-wikisource-will-get-webfonts.html PS from my blogposts you will appreciate that there is an evolution in the awareness of what WebFonts can do for you :) ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Sanskrit, scripts and Wikisource
Thank you so much Gerard, for making the fonts available. The logo of the Sanskrit Wikisource was ready quite long ago but its been fixed y'day and its a great day for Sanskrit Wikisource to have a logo in its own language. Thanks a lot for the WMF and Wiki WebFont Department. On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.comwrote: Hoi, Today the Sanskrit Wikisource will get WebFonts support. The Sanskrit Wikipedia already has it for some time and it works well for them. What will be different is that in the Wikisource, it will be possible to have original texts in the script as it was of at the time of first publication. According to the English language Wikipedia article and according to the Omniglot website Sanskrit is written in many scripts. When you google for the Brahmi script, you will find several fonts that are freely available. What is needed for us to use it in the Wikimedia Foundation is that these fonts are freely licensed and, that they pass the technical requirements of the Localisation team. Obviously when a font is available in WebFonts, it is available in any wiki that has WebFonts enabled. Thanks, Gerard http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2012/03/sanskrit-sources-and-scripts.html http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2012/03/sanskrit-wikisource-will-get-webfonts.html PS from my blogposts you will appreciate that there is an evolution in the awareness of what WebFonts can do for you :) ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Regards, Abhiram ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
