On 12 August 2011 21:38, Shridhar Daithankar <ghodechhap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Friday 12 Aug 2011 6:35:59 PM Madhurya Kakati wrote: > >> 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? > > There are multiple ways to achieve the same thing. It all boil downs to how to > inform X that what keyboard layout you are using. > > I regularly type मराठी(marathi) in all my programs from KDE and do not need any > special installation. > > Just go to system settings -> input devices -> keyboard layout -> configure > layout and add the desired layout. Thats all. > > I just checked it but asamese is not listed in there. Closest one is bengali. > > Even in indian layout, there is no asamese variant. I think this is why: "The present standard is identical to the Bengali script except for two letters." From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assamese_script Also see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Multilingual_support_(Indic)#Check_for_existing_support Where Bengali and Assamese are in the same box. -- GPG/PGP ID: 8AADBB10
