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jamesbon
February 3rd, 2012, 07:02 AM
I am trying to type documents in Hindi language.
My OS: Ubuntu 11.10
Gnome environment
(http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=gnome-session-fallback)
I do not use unity interface.The method is shown here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL7icGNhIfI


I am able to type in Hindi in Libreoffice and gedit as well.However this is a very difficult way of typing because I have to remember all
the English Keys corresponding to the Hindi words as mapped here
http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html-single/International_Language_Support_Guide/images/hindi.png

What I want to be able to do is type phonetically and not use above kind of keyboard.
I have US English keyboard in my laptop.

See the snapshot here
https://picasaweb.google.com/107404068162388981296/UnknownAsianLanguage#5704771437325752466
I have selected the phonetic input method in Ibus window but this
still is not working as expected.
I expect to be able to type phonetically (given with above phonetic
selection) what is happening is I have to type like using a QWERTY
keyboard for Hindi language which is deviation from expected behavior.
How can I rectify or achieve correct behavior?

grn
August 29th, 2012, 11:16 AM
could you solve your problem?
i've been typing in phonetic hindi with ibus+m17n for over 2 years now.
earlier i would use scim+m17n.

i use hi-itrans im