On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 6:52 PM, Ray Rashif <schiv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 10 August 2011 19:44, Madhurya Kakati <mkakati2805@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> 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 > So basically I can use my english qwerty keyboard to enter assamese characters? That's great. So I just have to install ibus and then I can write in Assamese in libreoffice writer?
