Creating a Tirhuta Keyboard Layout
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 8:28 am
Complex discussion split from How to create Tirhuta (Maithili) Keyboard layout
I am trying to understand the problem that is trying to be solved in the other thread, thus far I have only made a little progress with my learning of this topic.
[Start of Supplementary note of 1 October 2015]
The above line was not written by me. It has been edited by a moderator from what I wrote. What I wrote is below.
I make this note so as to keep the correct historical record.
Please note the timestamps on the posts in this thread as some of them have been extracted from the original thread by a moderator and so the posts in the two threads are not now in the same chronological order. This is not a big issue, yet I feel that such a change should be noted so as to avoid any possible confusion.
Please note that I am not objecting to the splitting of the threads, I am just saying that when something is changed the changes should be clearly stated rather than changing an author's words so as to retrospectively change the meaning.
[End of Supplementary note of 1 October 2015]
I am trying to understand the problem that is trying to be solved in this thread, thus far I have only made a little progress with my learning of this topic.
Here is an issue that I have been trying to understand, expressed using an analogy as that is the only way that I can think of to explain what I mean.
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Suppose that I wish to produce a png graphic file and then use that png graphic file.
I need to use a software package such as Microsoft Paint or Serif DrawPlus.
I draw the picture that I want within that software package and then I export the picture as a png file.
The png file is thus separate from the software package used to produce it.
One way that I can use the png file in a web page by uploading it to a web server and then referencing it from an html file.
Another way that I can use the png file is to include it s an illustration within a pdf file.
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Suppose that I want to produce a Tirhuta keyboard and then use that Tirhuta keyboard.
What software package do I need to produce it.
Do I export a file or what?
Is the keyboard that has been produced separate from the software used to produce it.
If it is in a file, what do I need to do to use it? For example, if I produce an ordinary TrueType font file then to use the font file I need, on this PC computer, to copy the font file into the Windows font directory (that is, I need to install the font) and then I can use the font from within a software package such as Microsoft WordPad or Serif PagePlus.
Having done whatever I need to install it, how do I use it? For example, is it that pressing keys on this English keyboard that Tirhuta characters would appear on the screen or is their an on-screen keyboard used with a mouse being clicked?
If I have installed it, and used it, how do I get back to just using an ordinary English keyboard again?
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William
I am trying to understand the problem that is trying to be solved in the other thread, thus far I have only made a little progress with my learning of this topic.
[Start of Supplementary note of 1 October 2015]
The above line was not written by me. It has been edited by a moderator from what I wrote. What I wrote is below.
I make this note so as to keep the correct historical record.
Please note the timestamps on the posts in this thread as some of them have been extracted from the original thread by a moderator and so the posts in the two threads are not now in the same chronological order. This is not a big issue, yet I feel that such a change should be noted so as to avoid any possible confusion.
Please note that I am not objecting to the splitting of the threads, I am just saying that when something is changed the changes should be clearly stated rather than changing an author's words so as to retrospectively change the meaning.
[End of Supplementary note of 1 October 2015]
I am trying to understand the problem that is trying to be solved in this thread, thus far I have only made a little progress with my learning of this topic.
Here is an issue that I have been trying to understand, expressed using an analogy as that is the only way that I can think of to explain what I mean.
----
Suppose that I wish to produce a png graphic file and then use that png graphic file.
I need to use a software package such as Microsoft Paint or Serif DrawPlus.
I draw the picture that I want within that software package and then I export the picture as a png file.
The png file is thus separate from the software package used to produce it.
One way that I can use the png file in a web page by uploading it to a web server and then referencing it from an html file.
Another way that I can use the png file is to include it s an illustration within a pdf file.
----
Suppose that I want to produce a Tirhuta keyboard and then use that Tirhuta keyboard.
What software package do I need to produce it.
Do I export a file or what?
Is the keyboard that has been produced separate from the software used to produce it.
If it is in a file, what do I need to do to use it? For example, if I produce an ordinary TrueType font file then to use the font file I need, on this PC computer, to copy the font file into the Windows font directory (that is, I need to install the font) and then I can use the font from within a software package such as Microsoft WordPad or Serif PagePlus.
Having done whatever I need to install it, how do I use it? For example, is it that pressing keys on this English keyboard that Tirhuta characters would appear on the screen or is their an on-screen keyboard used with a mouse being clicked?
If I have installed it, and used it, how do I get back to just using an ordinary English keyboard again?
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William