On 10 August 2011 19:44, Madhurya Kakati
Hi, I was quite surprised to see a language pack for LibreOffice for my mother tongue in the extra repo(libreoffice-as). I was wondering as to how to write it? Do I need to buy a special keyboard or will this qwerty keyboard work? Thanks
I'm not quite sure about the differences but you can: 1. Change your keyboard layout to your language (in KDE/GNOME settings or other tools) 2. Use ibus-m17n (ibus is a new input system) 3. Use scim-m17n (scim is sort of an older input system) I've personally set up ibus for Hindi, Bengali and Mandarin for friends and family on Ubuntu. This was a two-step process, first adding languages to the system, and then adding layouts to ibus using the gtk tool. CTRL+SPACE changed between layouts or ON/OFF. There was an option to change the entire OS to your language, so even your folders are renamed. However, ibus/scim offers the flexibility to use an English keyboard and a primary English computing environment, but toggling the input system for say when you have an editor running would allow you to switch between multiple languages and keyboard types of those languages. There is also phonetic support in some of those, where you type in English the way your word is pronounced and it will auto-transliterate. On the other hand, I think, (1) is a bilingual approach only. -- GPG/PGP ID: 8AADBB10