Re: [ilugd] Hindi and Ubuntu 7.04

2007-08-27 Thread das দাশ
On Mon, 2007-08-27 at 11:06 +0530, Gora Mohanty wrote: Can you show us the results of typing fc-list :lang=hi in a terminal? As I told you, because I could not be sure of what font OOo is using, I just selected the whole thing, and changed it to lohit-hindi. But, still the same problem was

Re: [ilugd] Hindi and Ubuntu 7.04

2007-08-27 Thread das দাশ
On Mon, 2007-08-27 at 11:06 +0530, Gora Mohanty wrote: Which Hindi keymap are you using? With SCIM? Oh, sorry, I forgot to reply that part. I am using the 'India' keyboard from the Keyboard Layout choice menu in System-Preference-Keyboard-Layout. -- das

Re: [ilugd] [ANNOUNCE] pypt-offline 0.7.0 Released

2007-08-27 Thread Anupam Jain
On 8/27/07, Ritesh Raj Sarraf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, After quite some time, I'm happy to announce a new release of pypt-offline. Great work! Does it work on Ubuntu? Also can I use it if I have an ubuntu system at home (the slow connection) and a debian system at work (the fast

Re: [ilugd] [ANNOUNCE] pypt-offline 0.7.0 Released

2007-08-27 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
On 8/27/07, Anupam Jain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Great work! Does it work on Ubuntu? Also can I use it if I have an ubuntu system at home (the slow connection) and a debian system at work (the fast connection)? It should work with any Debian derived system using apt and dpkg. You definitely

Re: [ilugd] [ANNOUNCE] pypt-offline 0.7.0 Released

2007-08-27 Thread shirish
Message: 12 Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:39:47 +0530 From: Ritesh Raj Sarraf [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ilugd] [ANNOUNCE] pypt-offline 0.7.0 Released To: Anupam Jain [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: The Linux-Delhi mailing list ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[ilugd] List etiquette

2007-08-27 Thread Raj Mathur
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Folks, A reminder about mailing list etiquette in general... DO - - Cut out irrelevant portions of the message that you are replying to. No one wants to see 6 levels of signatures and list footers, and they add nothing to the content. - -

Re: [ilugd] List etiquette

2007-08-27 Thread Shakthi Kannan
Hi, On 8/27/07, Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A reminder about mailing list etiquette in general... As a suggestion, can this be automated and sent once every month to the mailing list? Thanks, SK -- Shakthi Kannan http://www.shakthimaan.com

Re: [ilugd] List etiquette

2007-08-27 Thread Kishore Bhargava
Shakthi Kannan wrote: Hi, On 8/27/07, Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A reminder about mailing list etiquette in general... As a suggestion, can this be automated and sent once every month to the mailing list? Thanks, SK Actually yes, along with the monthly password reminder!

Re: [ilugd] Hindi and Ubuntu 7.04

2007-08-27 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
das দাশ [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Oh, sorry, I forgot to reply that part. I am using the 'India' keyboard from the Keyboard Layout choice menu in System-Preference-Keyboard-Layout. I guess that gives you devanagari ISCII?? What is the result of pressing the following sequence - c + d + o + e

Re: [ilugd] Hindi and Ubuntu 7.04

2007-08-27 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
das দাশ [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So, all this problem was coming from Ubuntu OOo? That is quite probable. Which version of OOo is this? (dpkg -l *openoffice* |grep ii) will tell you (sorry do not know synaptic well enough). If you have good bandwidth, you can add some newer repository to

Re: [ilugd] List etiquette

2007-08-27 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
This has been discussed to death previously, no? lol!!! Before you flame me, please read the sig. g.d.r Kishore Bhargava [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Shakthi Kannan wrote: Hi, On 8/27/07, Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A reminder about mailing list etiquette in general... As a

Re: [ilugd] Hindi and Ubuntu 7.04

2007-08-27 Thread das দাশ
On Mon, 2007-08-27 at 18:53 +0530, Mahesh T. Pai wrote: I guess that gives you devanagari ISCII?? What is the result of pressing the following sequence - c + d + o + e (all lower case). Maybe you are a guardian angel: so much full of good fortune. I did your sequence, that gave me 'm-da' in

Re: [ilugd] Hindi and Ubuntu 7.04

2007-08-27 Thread das দাশ
On Mon, 2007-08-27 at 18:57 +0530, Mahesh T. Pai wrote: Which version of OOo is this? 2.2.0-ubuntu3 (one or dictionary packages are different) Yes, the problems are entirely with OOo. No, the problem is not with the repository. This desktop, from where I am writing this mail, is in a daily

Re: [ilugd] Hindi and Ubuntu 7.04

2007-08-27 Thread Vikas Rawal
Which version of OOo is this? (dpkg -l *openoffice* |grep ii) will tell you (sorry do not know synaptic well enough). If you have good bandwidth, you can add some newer repository to get a newer version of OO.o. (Some Ubuntu guru would be able to confirm this). There are serious problems

Re: [ilugd] Hindi and Ubuntu 7.04

2007-08-27 Thread das দাশ
On Mon, 2007-08-27 at 19:55 +0530, Vikas Rawal wrote: The suggested solution is to download openoffice rpms, use alien to create debs, and then install using dpkg. I think, I will something like this. But, earlier, I have seen that to worsen the situation, though that was for the compiled

Re: [ilugd] Hindi and Ubuntu 7.04

2007-08-27 Thread Vikas Rawal
The suggested solution is to download openoffice rpms, use alien to create debs, and then install using dpkg. I think, I will something like this. But, earlier, I have seen that to worsen the situation, though that was for the compiled 'mplayer' or 'lame' in place of the ones from the

Re: [ilugd] Hindi and Ubuntu 7.04

2007-08-27 Thread G Karunakar
On 8/27/07, das দাশ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Friends I am facing a queer problem in Ubuntu 7.04 Hindi. I installed the keyboard layout and the Hindi fonts and all, as suggested by apt-get. Now, after, opening the OOo window, I can type the English or Bangla text quite normally. But,

Re: [ilugd] List etiquette

2007-08-27 Thread Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray
Before you flame me, please read the sig. quoting previous emails in an otherwise top-posted email -- Mahesh T. Pai http://paivakil.blogspot.com/ A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the

Re: [ilugd] Hindi and Ubuntu 7.04

2007-08-27 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:55:10 +0530, Vikas Rawal [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Which version of OOo is this? (dpkg -l *openoffice* |grep ii) will tell you (sorry do not know synaptic well enough). If you have good bandwidth, you can add some newer repository to get a newer version of OO.o. (Some

Re: [ilugd] Hindi and Ubuntu 7.04

2007-08-27 Thread Vikas Rawal
Would it not be simpler to just grab Debian Sid's packages instead? Somebody will have to try it out and report if it works. Vikas ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next

[ilugd] Linus Torvaldes on APC Mag

2007-08-27 Thread Vikas Rawal
An interesting interview, for those who may have missed it. http://apcmag.com/7012/linus_torvalds_talks_about Vikas ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in -

Re: [ilugd] Hindi and Ubuntu 7.04

2007-08-27 Thread das দাশ
On Tue, 2007-08-28 at 00:31 +0530, G Karunakar wrote: try this Tools -Options - Language Settings | Languages enable CTL option here , also select Hindi as language for CTL (if its already set, the set something else then set it back). Quit openoffice and start it again, then

Re: [ilugd] Hindi and Ubuntu 7.04

2007-08-27 Thread G Karunakar
On 8/28/07, das দাশ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 2007-08-28 at 00:31 +0530, G Karunakar wrote: try this Tools -Options - Language Settings | Languages enable CTL option here , also select Hindi as language for CTL (if its already set, the set something else then set it back).

Re: [ilugd] List etiquette

2007-08-27 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My goodness. You dare top post with such a signature, and yet ask people to read it? Are you plain daft or just being funny? Just that I was in a very very very good mood just at that moment, so decided to have some fun. Sorry if it was