| Summary: | Keyboard layout for Thaana script | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Product: | xorg | Reporter: | Daniel Stone <daniel> |
| Component: | * Other | Assignee: | Xorg Project Team <xorg-team> |
| Status: | RESOLVED DUPLICATE | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | enhancement | ||
| Priority: | low | Keywords: | i18n |
| Version: | 6.8.2 | ||
| Hardware: | x86 (IA32) | ||
| OS: | Linux (All) | ||
| Whiteboard: | |||
| i915 platform: | i915 features: | ||
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Hi team, Its been over a few days I've been using linux. I have been looking for ways to use 'dhivehi' script in Fedora Core 3. Dhivehi is a language used in the Maldives and can be written from right-to-left, much like Arabic with strokes below and above the letters. Since this language was not included in the keyboard layouts during initial installations, I was wondering whether there's a way to submit the keyboard map for this language. In spite of the fact that I am not a developer, I would very much like to see this language being used along with other languages like Hindu, Tamil and Singhalese. Presently, Dhivehi is supported by Windows XP and other Microshot Office Products. Before I go on I would like to give you a brief overview of how this language looks like and how it ought to work in the righ-to-left cursor context. For instance, the word 'sa', if pronounced and written in dhivehi, the text would be typed (supposing the cursor now moves from right-to-left): "[|]as" where, the cursor is indicated in square brackets. The 'a' is a stroke that will appear on top of the Dhivehi letter equivalent of 's'. My request here is to see whether it is possible to develop the keyboard layout for this language for it to be used in Xorg and/or other desktop interfaces such as KDE/Gnome. Being a new linux user, I must apologise for the lack of details and specificity of the problem. I look forward to using Dhivehi in linux OS and hopefully encouraging Maldivians to use Open-source software. Please find further resources about 'thaana' here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaana http://www.omniglot.com/writing/thaana.htm http://www.xs4all.nl/~wjsn/dhivehi.htm http://www.mitf.net/index.php/news/news0300x.html Thanking for your time and cooperation, Kind Regards Askholia