[smc-discuss] Terminal emulator that can display Malayalam

[Vivek K J Pazhedath]

Hi,
 നിലവിൽ Konsole ന്റെ 20.08 നു ശേഷമുള്ള Version കളിലാണ് കുറച്ചെങ്കിലും
കൃത്യമായി മലയാളം render ചെയ്യാൻ സാധിക്കുന്നത്.. മറ്റുള്ള ടെർമിനൽ emulator
കളിൽ ചിലതിൽ block കളായിട്ടും അല്ലെങ്കിൽ overlap ചെയ്ത നിലയിലുമാണ് മലയാളം
കാണാൻ കഴിയുന്നത്...

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https://rajeeshknambiar.wordpress.com/2020/05/19/complex-text-shaping-fixed-in-konsole-20-08/


Thanks,
Vivek K J

On Wed, 4 Aug, 2021, 8:06 am Julin S, <julinshaji01 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi.
>
> Is there a terminal emulator for linux that can display Malayalam
> characters
> properly?
>
> I tried gnome-terminal (3.28.2) and konsole (17.12.3) on an Ubuntu 18.04
> computer.
>
> Display is almost perfect in konsole except that the letter ന്‍ (a
> 'chillaksharam') shows up as 'ന്<200d>' in it.
>
> In gnome-terminal's rendering, adjacent letters overlap, making the text
> illegible.
>
> My locale is utf8 and the text displays properly in GUI text editors. I can
> even create files with Malayalam names which are displayed properly in the
> gui
> file explorer.So I suppose this problem is not because of the absence of a
> suitable font.
>
> And the following packages are already installed:
>
>  - fonts-smc
>  - fonts-samyak-mlym
>  - fonts-mlym
>  - fonts-lohit-mlym
>
> Does anyone know of a way to display Malayalam text properly in terminal?
> Using
> any terminal emulator for linux?
>
> Thanks.
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