Dear Amith / Sudeep<br><br>The keyboard is done. To invoke it, you should have ibus installed in your system. Assuming that, you are using Ubuntu, it is there default. If it is not there, install it from synaptic or by using apt-get install in command line. <br>
<br>Shortest description:<br><br><blockquote style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">Download ml-remington.mim<br>Keep it in /usr/share/m17n<br>
Add the layout to your Ibus preferences. <br>Use the keyboard. <br></blockquote><br>Detailed description: <br>____________________________________________<br><br>For Arch Linux users, please follow the steps written down<br>
<br>first install yaourt from AUR<br><br><blockquote style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">$ sudo pacman -S yaourt<br></blockquote><br>Then install ibus and related packages using yaourt. Yaourt will take care of packaging the source files for you. <br>
<br><blockquote style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">$ yaourt -S ibus ibus-table ibus-table-extraphrase ibus-m17n ibus-qt ibus-table-others ibus-table-quick<br>
</blockquote><div><br>(NB: Some of these packages may not be needed. ) <br><br>______________________________________________<br><br>Common Steps: <br><br>Download the attached file. <br><br>[Assuming that, you have downloaded the same to ~/Downloads folder]<br>
Go to Terminal and type as following. (The part after $ sign)<br><br><blockquote style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">your-username ~ $ cd Downloads<br>
your-username ~ $ sudo mv ml-remington.mim /usr/share/m17n/<br></blockquote><br>It will ask for password. Give it. <br><br>Now, edit your .bashrc file to include the below written lines. (Not necessary in Ubuntu). Append it to the end of the file. <br>
<br><blockquote style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">your-username ~ $ nano .bashrc <br></blockquote><br>(Remember, there is a dot before bashrc as the file is hidden. To copy and paste, just select the lines written below, go to the file, and click on the middle mouse button.)<br>
<br><blockquote style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote"> export GTK_IM_MODULE=ibus<br> export XMODIFIERS=@im=ibus<br> export QT_IM_MODULE=ibus<br>
</blockquote><br>Use Ctrl+X to exit nano. It will ask whether to save. Give Y. <br><br>Now logout and re-login. If everything goes Okay, your keyboard is ready to use. <br><br>Now, access Ibus preferences from <br><br><blockquote style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">
System >> Preferences >> Ibus Preferences (in Ubuntu.)<br></blockquote><br>or <br><br><blockquote style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">
K >> Applications >> Settings >> Ibus Preferences (in Arch linux)<br></blockquote><div><br>Select the tab, <Input Method>. <br><br>There is a drop down menu <Select an input method><br><br>Click on it and find remington (m17n) under Malayalam. Click on Add button. As you have placed three lines in your .bashrc, the ibus would automatically be invoked at startup. So better add ispell (m17n) under English too and keep it as default. The first entry would be default. You could move it up and down using the arrow keys. <br>
<br>(If you are in KDE, remember to switch off xkb layout by going to <br><br>K >> System Settings >> Hardware >> Input Devices >> Layouts >> Layout Indicator <br><br>and uncheck both <Show layout indicator> and <Configure Layouts>. <br>
<br>Now you could use Cntrl + Space to turn Ibus off or on. Also, you could use Ctrl + Shift to switch between different keyboard layouts. You could use as many layouts as you please. <br><br>____________________________________<br>
<br>As SMC is still using non-atomic chillu characters, I have included them in this map. But if anybody wants to input new chillu, either drop a mail or manually edit the bin file. <br>_____________________________________<br>
<br>Warning: No testing has been done as I do not know to type with remington layout. So please test it thoroughly and report any bugs. <br></div></div>
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