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This is the help file for the Lalitha keymap for Malayalam in XIM.
About Lalitha
As the name suggests, it is a simple to understand keymap for malayalam. It is easy to type and understand. The keymap is given along with.
After installation it can be used by adding India Malayalam-Lalitha layout in gnome-keyboard-properties
The layout is a four layer one, that is a single key maps to a maximum of 4 characters. For example,
in case of 'o',
'o' gives ൊ
'Shift+o' gives ോ
'Right Alt+o' gives ഒ
'Right Alt+Shift+o' gives ഓ
The advantage of the layout is,
1) It retains all additional characters, like '/','[','{' etc.
2) It codes both arabic and malayalam numerals.
i.e pressing '1' gives you 1
combination of 'Right Alt+1' gives you ൧
3) The mapping is done with similarity of sounds i.e, 'f' is mapped to ഫ, and g mapped to ഗ. Some exceptions are there in case of 'q', which map as follows:
'q' gives ൈ
'Shift+q' gives ൌ
'Right Alt+q' gives ഐ
'Right Alt+Shift+q' gives ഔ
4) Important additional characters like, ZWSP,ZWNJ and ZWJ are mapped as follows
ZWSP-'Shift+x'
ZWNJ-'Alt+\'
ZWJ -'Shift+v'
Installation Instructions:
Untar it
# tar zxvf Lalitha.tar.gz
Install it
# cd Lalitha-in
# ./install.sh
Setup Instructions:
use
#setxkbmap -layout us,ml_Lalitha
to set us and Lalitha as two options.
and use group select key to switch between them.
otherwise, goto the following path in gnome desktop
desktop->preferences->keyboard
select layout option and add malayalam-Lalitha under india.
the path varies by versions on gnome.
in kde goto KDE control centre, select regional & accessibility and select keyboard layout.
try out the layout and send your suggestions and bug reports to smc-discuss@googlegroups.com and jinesh.k@gmail.com
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