Linux and Devanagri unicode

[Radha Krishnan]

Dear Sir,
Namaste.  In Windows we can use baraha for typing Devanagari texts.  Is there any such application available for Ubuntu Linux?  Thank you in advance.

[Amba Kulkarni]

Yes, system settings -> text entry

Under Hindi you will find WX, Bolnagari and Phonetic keyboards.

Under Sanskrit you will find a phonetic keyboard.

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On 16 February 2015 at 09:37, Radha Krishnan <radhakris...@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Sir,
Namaste.  In Windows we can use baraha for typing Devanagari texts.  Is there any such application available for Ubuntu Linux?  Thank you in advance.

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[nitish chandra]

Namaste.  In Windows we can use baraha for typing Devanagari texts.  Is there any such application available for Ubuntu Linux?  Thank you in advance.

There is a tool called 'ibus'. This can be used to type almost all the popular languages. To install it, run the command 'sudo apt-get install ibus'. After this, open settings app. Select region and languages 

Select, 'Region & Language' and under it, select Input sources.

Here, left panel shows the languages that you can type in. To add more languages, use + button to the bottom of the left panel. To switch between languages, you can use Ctrl + Space shortcut. IAST, KaGaPa, Harvard Kyoto transliteration schemes are available for Devanagari input.

[Radha Krishnan]

बहवॊ धनयवाादा:

Thank you very much.  I chose, Sanskrit (Phonetic).  There, how to type the half letters. (For example, in the word धनयवाादा,  न is to be typed half. I could  not type it so) Please help.

[santosh sivaraj]

Hi,

You don't require any software to type Unicode in Linux. Add a new keyboard layout in "System->Preferences->hardware->keyboard", In the layouts tab, you can add a new keyboard for Devanagari, I have added "Indian Sanskrit (KaGaPa phonetic)". I added a keyboard shortcut to switch keyboards by pressing both shift keys simultaneously. Hope this helps.

Thanks,

Santosh

[Amba Kulkarni]

Pl see the keyboard layout.

It has halanta on 'f'.

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[santosh sivaraj]

As Amba replied, there is a halanta. So you press n, f and then y.

[Radha Krishnan]

Thank you very much. I found out the Layout as pointed out by Amba-ji.  It is very helpful.