Re: [libreoffice-users] In Writer, how can I type Indian fonts, such as Sanskrit?

Hi :)
In System - Preferences is there a "Regionalisation" or "localisation" option?  There might be a 
"keyboards" option in there.  The documentation
http://trisquel.info/en/wiki/switch-languages-and-keyboard-layout
suggests that Debian/Ubuntu documentation is close to what you need so it's worth looking around in 
that preferences folder for something that looks about right.  The trisquel documentation for that 
does need to be updated.  Perhaps you could manage to update it?  Have you done any wiki editing 
before?
Regards from
Tom :)


--- On Sat, 17/9/11, Winston Yang <winston@cs.wisc.edu> wrote:

From: Winston Yang <winston@cs.wisc.edu>
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] In Writer, how can I type Indian fonts, such as Sanskrit?
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Saturday, 17 September, 2011, 17:55

Thank you for your replies.

I followed the messages below from elcico2001 and "webmaster for Kracked 
Press Productions" about installing Sanskrit 2003 and changing preferences.

Trisquel 4.5.1 is a little different from what elcico2001 
wrote---instead of a "Disposition" tab, there is a "Layouts" tab. I went 
to the following places:

System
> Preferences
> Keyboard
> Layouts (tab)
> Add (button)
> By language (tab)
> Language (drop-down list)
> Hindi.

On the GNOME panel at the bottom of my desktop, there are two keyboard 
icons, one with an earth ("Keyboard preferences"), and one without 
("IBus input method framework").

Right-clicking the icon without an earth gives a menu with radio buttons 
for "USA" and "India Hindi Bolnagri".

When I chose "India Hindi Bolnagri", I was able to type Devanaagarii 
(Hindi, Sanskrit) in Writer.

@soumalya ray,
@Tom Davies:

         Trisquel 4.5.1 has System > Preferences, but no Language.

Winston


On 09/17/2011 09:27 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> Same family so it's probably exactly the same
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
> --- On Sat, 17/9/11, soumalya ray<drsoumalya@gmail.com>  wrote:
>
> From: soumalya ray<drsoumalya@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] In Writer, how can I type Indian fonts, such as Sanskrit?
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Date: Saturday, 17 September, 2011, 13:54
>
> dont know about 'trisquel'.for ubuntu lucid,i went to
> system>preference>language
> choose bengali(as its my native language).keyboard shortcut appear in the
> panel(previous to lucid,you need to add this separately).
> anyway when i need to type,i just clicked on it and bengali gets
> activated.its system wide-works in firefox,chromiun,LO.you need not to
> install any separate language pack for it to work.just the font.since
> sanskrit uses devnagari script (also used by hindi),so that should not be a
> problem.
> but as i've said this is for ubuntu lucid;dont know about trisquel
> regards,
>
>
> On 17 September 2011 18:10, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions<
> webmaster@krackedpress.com>  wrote:
>
> > On 09/17/2011 08:21 AM, elcico2001 एल्चिको wrote:
> >
> > >     Il 17/09/2011 07:05, Winston Yang ha scritto:
> > >
> > > > In Writer, how can I type Indian fonts, such as Devanagari/Devanaagarii,
> > > > for Hindi or Sanskrit?
> > > >
> > > > I'm using LibreOffice 3.4.3 on Linux (Trisquel 4.5.1).
> > > >
> > > > I tried going to the following places:
> > > >
> > > >           Trisquel: System>  Administration>  Language Support
> > > >
> > > >           Writer: Tools>  Options>  Language Settings>  Languages
> > > >
> > > > Thank you.
> > > >
> > > > Winston
> > > >
> > > >     Hello Winston,
> > > You can do the following - works for openoffice on debian 6.0, I suppose
> > > that's the same for libreoffice:
> > >
> > >      * download sanskrit font sanskrit2003.ttf (
> > >        
> > > http://www.omkarananda-ashram.**org/Sanskrit/itranslator2003.**htm<http://www.omkarananda-ashram.org/Sanskrit/itranslator2003.htm>-
> > >        
> > > http://www.omkarananda-ashram.**org/Sanskrit/sanskrit2003.zip<http://www.omkarananda-ashram.org/Sanskrit/sanskrit2003.zip>)
> > >      * copy sanskrit2003.ttf to /usr/share/fonts/truetype (that should be
> > >        the right path, but I'm not sure on your distro)
> > I just click on the font and a font preview window pops up with an "Install
> > Button"
> > I use Ubuntu [Debian], and that is how I install fonts.  All my fonts
> > appear in a .font hidden folder.  So if they need to go into the folder you
> > listed, the need to go into the hidden one as well.
> >
> > There is a font named Devnagri.  I have seen over 200 versions of that
> > font.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >       * supposing you have Gnome (if you use KDE let me know), go to
> > >        System -->  Preferences -->  Keyboard  and choose the tab
> > >        Disposition (that should be the english name)
> > >      * click "add", choose "By Nation", select "India", click "add"
> > >        again, then close the keyboard preferences window
> > >      * if it doesn't appear by itself, add a keyboard indicator on the
> > >        Gnome menu panel -->  right clic on the panel, click "add to panel"
> > >        and select "Keyboard indicator"
> > >      * once you have the keyboard indicator on your panel, select indian
> > >        layout, then open libreoffice writer
> > >      * if the keyboard layout has changed... go back to indian again
> > >      * select sanskrit 2003 font
> > >      * and finally... write in sanskrit! :)
> > >
> > > Namastè! or I'd better write... नमस्ते  :)
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