gnu/linux: How to read and write in Unicode Bangla
Viewing
You do not need to do anything to enable viewing of Indic text in Gnome 2.8 or later. Ensure you have Bangla Unicode fonts.
When using Mozilla or Firefox, you must enable Pango rendering by opening xterm and typing MOZ_ENABLE_PANGO=1 mozilla or MOZ_ENABLE_PANGO=1 firefox. After this, all future sessions of Mozilla or Firefox will have Bangla language support. This will work only on Firefox compiled with ctl support. Only the firefox binaries supplied by Fedora Core 4 and Ubuntu Linux are compiled with this ctl and set this option, by default.
Inputting
* Go to Applications > Preferences > Keyboard.
* Select the “Layouts” tab.
* Select the keyboard for the language or script you wish to use from the “Available Layouts” frame and then press “Add”.
* Press “Close” to discard the dialogue box.
* Right click on the main menu on your desktop and select “Add to Panel…”.
* Select “Keyboard Indicator” and click “Add”.
* Position the keyboard indicator on your menu bar and click it to switch between keyboard layouts.
KDE
Viewing
You do not need to do anything to enable viewing of Indic text. Ensure you have appropriate Unicode fonts for each script you wish to view or edit.
Inputting
* In the Control Center, go to Regional & Accessibility, Keyboard Layout
* In the tab Layout, click on Enable keyboard layouts
* Choose the layout you want in Available layouts
* Click on Apply
* Now, you will have an icon for the KDE Keyboard Tool in your panel, in which you can choose the layout you want
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