Dear Shri Vimal,
The Windows XP Service Pack 3 is available in the DVD distributed along with
the computer magazine 'Digit' June 2008 issue. Enabling Malayalam is
possible in Windows XP SP II or later versions.
The most appropriate IME is the one recently created by Kerala IT
Mission. To install it, please download the zip file at
http://malayalam.kerala.gov.in/images/9/92/Win-inscript.zip and click the
setup.exe file. Malayalam keyboard can then be enabled by, selecting
malayalam from the options in the taskbar icon.
If you are using IME from other sources, the creation of letters like n in
rajan requires pressing of 5 keys.
Instructions for Malayalam typing are given at
http://malayalam.kerala.gov.in/index.php/InputMethods
Rachana and Anjali Old Lipi are the commonly used fonts, even though Kartika
is the default one in XP. Meera, is good, but smaller in size.
This is a grey area and advice of people with more exposure will be of great
help.
Regards,
K Rajasekharan
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Original Message:
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 17:02:54 +0530
From: "Vimal Kumar"
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Enabling Malayalam for Koha using SCIM
Dear Friends,
I write this from the inspiration of scanning earlier submissions made by
Rajan (KILA) Sir about Koha for Malayalam catalogues.
I tried to enable Malayalam in Windows XP machines for my professional
colleagues. My attempt was failed due to most of PCs used Windows XP pirated
version! It ask for XP service pack CD-ROM while enable Malayalam (any other
Indic language). Nobody own XP service pack CD.
My experiment with Linux (Debian and Ubuntu) was successful. Inputting
Malayalam using SCIM (Smart Common Input Method) software seems very useful
and easy. It offers various modes to enter languages. You can enter
Malayalam in Phonetic mode. No need to learn the Malayalam key board format
while enters data. You can use International Phonetic Alphabet (e.g.
Manglish= English+Malayalam). Malayalam vowels can add from drop down list
while data entry (No need to waste time for crawling vowels button). I found
other Indian languages in SCIM, I have not tried data entry of other
languages. I invite you to try other Indian languages with SCIM. And
remember to post your feed back in Lis-Forum.
Detailed description of enabling Malayalam in Debian and Ubuntu and the
required software package available in the following link,
http://malayalam.kerala.gov.in/index.php/EnableMalayalam
Windows version of SCIM not available.
You can also visit the SCIM project home page.
www.scim-im.org
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Vimal Kumar V.
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