[smc-discuss] how to enable typing in malayalam in debian 8 with gnome

[Anivar Aravind]

On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 4:13 PM, Tanzeem M.B <tanzeem.mb at gmail.com> wrote:

> i found that locales were missing
> so i installed locales
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> *sudo apt-get install locales
> sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales*
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> I also installed new input source for malayalam, malayalam insrcipt-m17n,malayalam (lalitha),
> malayalm(mozhi m17n), malayalam(swanalekha m17n).
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> I selected one of the input sources and tried to type in malayalam in LibreOffice using the unicode fonts I installed such as
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> meera,suruma,anjali old lipi, dyuthi,kalyani.But i still only get english when i type.
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>
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Have you used the step i suggested ?

Add the following command to system startup .

ibus-daemon -drx


And try typing after relogin . I hope that will work

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> -With Thanks & Regards
>
> Tanzeem M.B
> System Administrator
> (On deputation from C-DIT)
> Kerala State Central Library
> Palayam
> Thiruvananthapuram
>
>
> On 9 October 2015 at 12:26, Tanzeem M.B <tanzeem.mb at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Thank u bro, but all is installed, but how can i take the ibus tool to
>> start typing, and which is the language switching shortkey?
>> In Trisquel, it was easy to switch, and enable it in the taskbar. Is it
>> posible to enable it in the taskbar in Debian 8, Gnome.
>> How can I add a new input source-malaylam. Any help?
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>> On 8 October 2015 at 19:35, Balasankar C <balasankarc at autistici.org>
>> wrote:
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>>> Did you install the packages ibus and ibus-m17n ? (and possibly
>>> ibus-gtk3 also. I don't remember if that was needed). Also, I think
>>> libreoffice-gtk3 is required for ibus to work in LibreOffice.
>>>
>>> 2015-10-08 10:29 GMT+05:30 Tanzeem M.B <tanzeem.mb at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>> I installed Debian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie) 32-bit with Version 3.14.1. I
>>>> think ididnt install malayalm language support during debian installion
>>>> time. I want to type in malayalam.ibus is installed, and i also
>>>> installed malayalam unicode fonts. but i dont see any input source
>>>> malayalam. Only english is present. please see attachments.
>>>>
>>>> I was earlier using Gnome classic in Trisquel gnulinux and there it was
>>>> easy to switch between input methods.
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>>>>
>>>> Please help
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