Comments on: Ubuntu Dapper Drake 6.06 Beta on my Laptop

By: sureshg

sureshg — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 10:05:13 +0000

Lovely blog and I really enjoyed visiting your blog!

By: Omi Azad

Omi Azad — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 15:17:59 +0000

Sorry for the late reply. Scim is now the default IME in my Ubuntu 6.10. But there ware no 90im-switch file. I just created one and it worked fine.

Thanks!

By: Omi Azad

Omi Azad — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 01:41:56 +0000

Uri Baba

It was that simple!!!!

Thanks bhai, I’ll try and let you know…

By: swamytk

swamytk — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:20:36 +0000

Hi Omi Azad,
1. Backup /etc/X11/Xsession.d/90im-switch as /etc/X11/Xsession.d/90im-switch.bak
2. Open /etc/X11/Xsession.d/90im-switch with any editor and delete all contents. copy and paste the below four lines in that file and save.
export XMODIFIERS=”@im=SCIM”
export GTK_IM_MODULE=”scim”
export XIM_PROGRAM=”scim -d”
export QT_IM_MODULE=”scim”
3. Logout and Login.

By: Omi Azad

Omi Azad — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 13:57:38 +0000

—————————————
/etc/X11/Xsession.d/90im-switch with the following script:

| export XMODIFIERS=”@im=SCIM”
| export GTK_IM_MODULE=”scim”
| export XIM_PROGRAM=”scim -d”
| export QT_IM_MODULE=”scim”
—————————————

Can you please be more specific about the above instruction? I mean I’m very new in Linux and I don’t know how to replace the switch with the above script. Can you please tell me how to do that? Like what file I should open in text editor and replace which line with what, or what command I should execute from command line. It would be very helpful if you explain a bit more.

Thanks in advance

By: swamytk

swamytk — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 05:41:00 +0000

Hi Sridhar,

As per request, I have written a small HOWTO on Tamil typing in Ubuntu Dapper Drake 6.06 LTS. Here is the link:
http://cutecomputer.wordpress.com/2006/10/03/howto-tamil-keyboard-on-ubuntu-606/

By: sridhar

sridhar — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 15:26:37 +0000

Hi,
How do i enable phonetic typing of tamil unicode in ubuntu draper.
Say for instance Thanthai in tamil as it is pronounced

Thanks
Sridhar

By: swamytk

swamytk — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 09:57:31 +0000

that is good. where is your email id?
1. I don’t use Kate. So no idea about it. But I use to have profiles in GEdit (in gnome). One profile for english and another for tamil. So I can define the fonts,size and other aspects also. I believe Kate also has profile feature.
2. Use w for “ந்”; n for “ன்”; N for “ண்”

By: R (Chandra) Chandrasekhar

R (Chandra) Chandrasekhar — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 14:33:46 +0000

Thanks for your blog.

I run Kubuntu Dapper on a PC and am trying out SCIM for Tamil.

I have two questions:

1. How does one select the default Tamil font in Kate for example?

2. I am trying phonetic Tamil input. Most entries work as guessed, but how does one get the “n” that comes before “tha” as in Thanthai (father in Tamil)?

I thought that the Itrans scheme would work, but did not find it to be so.

I have other questions as well, but getting answers to these two would be a good start.

Please reply to my email address.

Thank you.