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How to Read and Write Posts in Thamizh Script ?

Topic started by nemo (@ 61.2.224.43) on Sun May 9 13:02:29 EDT 2004.
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This has been a source of concern for many of the friends here. Some of them have already found out how to read and write thamizh scripts, and also are aware of the tools and fonts which are needed for that purpose.


A lot of people have used 'Murasu Anjal' to compose and post in thamizh script prior to this. But, it is quite a cumbersome process to do it using Murasu's Thamizh text editor.

There is a new, exciting tool which enables us, hassle-free, to write in thamizh script - called
'e-kalappai'.

This tool is a free-to-download tool, created by the generous volunteer work of thamizh techno-geeks under the aegis of www.tamil.net , created by Bala Pillai and Muthu Nedumaran.

If you want to just READ webpages which have thamizh scripts/content in it, all you need is a single font -'TSC_Avarangal' - and you can download that fontfile(.ttf) from here :

http://www.ezilnila.com/


or here:

http://www.tamil.net/tscii/tools.html


If you want to WRITE/POST thamizh script/content here, you may want to download and install the
'e-kalappai' tool from here :

http://www.tamil.net/newtamil

or here:

http://www.ezilnila.com/

or here:

http://www.tamil.net/tscii/tools.html


The 'e-kalappai' tool let's you to directly 'type' in thamizh scripts in the response box. All you need to do is:

* After downloading that tool, re-start your system, so that the system's registry gets updated.

* Configure your IE browser by choosing 'View' from the Browser menubar, under that 'Encoding' option - make it 'User-defined', and also uncheck Auto-select.

You can use 'e-kalappai' to compose thamizh script/content in :

* notepad

* word document

* discussion group response-boxes etc..

Remember :

If you want to just READ thamizh scripts, 'TSC_Avarangal' font is enough.

If you need to WRITE, start the e-kalappai tool and run it in background. Press ALt + 2 for beginning to write in thamizh, and if you want to revert back to normal english typing - Press ALT + 1. simple!.

People can post the queries here to get their doubts cleared.


" ���� ���� ������ š� - ����
���� ���� ������� ͼ��� ��� "

- ������ ��þ����ɡ�.


P.S :

TSCII - Thamizh Standard Code for Information Interchange.

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• From: nemo (@ 61.2.224.43) on: Sun May 9 13:06:01 EDT 2004
  
  
  You can now download TSC_Avarangal font - also from the yahoo group "santhavasantham".
  
  Just join the group and download this fontfile(.ttf) from the files section of that group.
  
  
  => TSC_Avarangal font ('TSCAVA.ttf')
  
  
  link :
  
  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/santhavasantham/files/
  
  :=)
  
  
• From: nemo (@ 61.2.224.43) on: Sun May 9 13:08:09 EDT 2004
  
  
  After installing the TSC_Avarangal font in ur system -follow these simple steps - inorder to VIEW the thamizh scripts in your web-page :
  
  Now - regarding 'Configuring' the Internet Explorer browser - to be able to 'READ' thamizh scripts - please note the following points :
  
  * If your browser is IE, try this :
  
  
  In the browser menubar - click on 'View' and under it - click on 'Encoding'; you would see a lot of encoding options there like arabic,chinese,japanese et al.
  
  
  Among those options - find the option 'User-defined'.
  
  It would be listed if you clicked 'More' under that 'Encoding' option.
  
  * Select 'User-defined' and then 'Refresh' the page. you'd probably get to read thamizh scripts on the page directly, if you did this.
  
  * When setting the encoding to "User Defined" , also uncheck "Auto-Select" in the same menu. You dont have to restart(re-start may be required in some cases).
  
  * Then in your IE browser :
  
  Choose 'Tools' from menubar.
  
  Tools-->Internet Options--> Fonts-->
  
  Choose "User Defined" in "Language Script" list-box of options.
  
  Now in the section below that - You'd find a list of fonts.
  
  From that - choose "TSC_Avarangal" font - for 'Web fonts' listbox, and "TSC_Avarangalfxd" font - for 'Text Fonts' and then - Click Ok twice...
  
  
  * You should now be able to read pages where TSC fonts are used. Your settings in the Browser are the ones which will determine if you can read Tamil directly or not.
  
  -----------------------------------------------
  
  
  Post your further queries and i'd try and provide some suggestions
  
  :=)
  
  
• From: nemo (@ 61.2.224.43) on: Sun May 9 13:12:06 EDT 2004
  
  Help for Installing e-kalappai and configuring the browser - and also links to download e-kalappai, TSCII and Unicode fonts :
  
  http://www.gbizg.com/Tamilfonts/ekalappai.htm
  
  
  Help for using e-kalappai to write in thamizh in wordpad, MS-Word etc and also to configure outlook express and other e-mail programs to Read/Write thamizh scripts :
  
  http://www.gbizg.com/tamil/Using_ekalappai.htm
  
  :=)
  
  
• From: nemo (@ 61.2.224.43) on: Sun May 9 13:15:50 EDT 2004
  
  Help for Installing and configuring e-kalappai:
  =======================================================
  
  Additional info for people who installed e-kalappai but could not 'Write' in thamizh :)
  
  
  1. After installing e-kalappai you SHOULD re-start the system
  
  2. You would notice a new icon in your system tray - which would be of 'Tauveltesoft Keyman' - which is the keyboard software which is bundled with e-kalappai
  (this tray icon would look like a square with a slight slant)
  
  3. right-click on that icon - you would get a list of options to be chosen.
  
  4. From those - choose 'Keyman Configuration'
  
  5. You would get a configuration box - which will have 2 tabs
  
  i) keyboards
  ii) options
  
  In the 'keyboards' tab - there would be a 'Installed Keyboards' list. Most probably you would have only - 'TSCIIANJAL' listed there.
  
  6. check the box near 'TSCIIANJAL' (put a tick)
  
  7. And in the same 'keyboards' tab - see the other section called 'keyboard details'
  
  you would notice 3 check boxes for 'Ctrl', 'shift' and 'Alt' and also a drop down box containing some options.
  
  8. CHECK only the ALT box ,and from the drop-down list select 2.
  
  (this effectively means that you can switch to 'thamizh writing' mode when you press ALT+2, when e-kalappai has been started and running in the background.)
  
  9. Now go to the other tab - "Options"
  
  There you would have 3 check boxes under "Keyman Off Hotkey"
  
  Select/check/put a tick ONLY in the box near ALT.
  
  And again, there would be a drop-down list near it;from there, choose 1.
  
  (which effectively mean that - from thamizh mode if you want to switch back to normal "english typing" mode, you have to press ALT+1).
  
  10. There will be another Section in the same "options" tab - called "General"
  
  From there check the box near "Start Language indicator with keyman" (put a tick on that box).
  
  11. Now - click on "Apply" and then on "ok".
  
  =====================================
  
  When you run e-kalappai in the background and press ALt+2 again you would notice that the tray icon - changes to '�' ( 'a' in thamizh script).
  
  That means you can start typing in thamizh!
  
  Friends please carefully follow the steps - and give a feedback if it properly works now.
  
  :=)
  
  
• From: C~P (@ 61.95.159.19) on: Sun May 9 13:30:17 EDT 2004
  
  Thanks!!! :-))
  
  
• From: nemo (@ 61.2.224.43) on: Sun May 9 14:01:25 EDT 2004
  
  
  C^P!!
  
  ��� ���ǡ� ��� �ʸ�Ⱦ�????
  
  �� �.��.�� �š���� ����� ��Ȣ��, �-����� ��Ȣ�� - ����� ���� ��� ��ġ ������� �������� �� - ����� ��������.
  
  ��Ȣ
  
  :=)
  
  
• From: C~P (@ 61.95.159.19) on: Sun May 9 14:08:34 EDT 2004
  
  Enna sonneenga-nu naalaikku dhaan theriyum. Naan innum install pannala!! :-)
  
  
• From: nemo (@ 61.2.224.43) on: Sun May 9 14:20:07 EDT 2004
  
  ok! we'd meet tomorrow then! :=)
  
  
• From: geno (@ 61.1.202.171) on: Mon May 10 01:55:16 EDT 2004
  
  Anyone installed e-kalappai yet?
  
  
• From: nemo (@ 61.2.224.2) on: Tue May 11 10:15:36 EDT 2004
  
  ???
  
  
• From: nemo (@ 61.2.224.115) on: Tue May 11 15:35:40 EDT 2004
  
  none intrstd??
  
  
• From: ??? (@ 61.1.201.180) on: Wed May 12 08:37:18 EDT 2004
  
  ???
  
  
• From: nemo (@ 61.2.224.228) on: Fri May 14 16:06:38 EDT 2004
  
  I would be happy even if atleast a single person were to try out e-kalappai tool in this forum.
  
  
• From: nemo (@ ) on: Tue Aug 17 16:11:19 EDT 2004
  
  I have a Query for the Admins
  
  
  (The following text is in TSCII )
  
  TSCII ����� �̾� Ө���� ������� ��ǣθ�� ���
  �â��ռ��� forumhub.com �Ţ���� ����Ǣ�� ��� ����Ǣ�� ��� ����Ũ�� �����ȡ�. ������â¡� ������ - �� ���Ƣ��� ����Ǣ� ����� �����¡�� ��?
  
  ��ӨȨ� ����������Ũ� �� Ũ��� ���š���� ��������ġ��.
  
  ���� UNICODE ���� �̾� ����� - ��ǣ�� ӨȨ�� ������Ũ�� ���ġ��� ��� ��Ţ��� ��Ţ���, ������� �Ǣ�� ���������ġ�.
  
  :=)
  
  
• From: nemo (@ 61.2.33.26) on: Tue Aug 17 16:26:21 EDT 2004
  
  (The post following is in UNICODE thamizh text)
  
  எனக்கு இன்னொரு ஐயமும் எழுகிறது.
  
  இந்த உள்ளீட்டுக்கு மேலே நான் தந்திருக்க்கும் உள்ளீட்டைக் கவனியுங்கள். ஒன்றும் புலப்படாத junk போல தோன்றுவது தெரியும்.
  
  ஏனெனில் TSCII முறையில் அமைந்த உள்ளீட்டைப் படிக்க உலாவியின்(browser) {encoding = user-defined} என்று அமைத்திருக்க வேண்டும்; அதுபோல் UNICODE முறையில் அமைந்த உள்ளீட்டைப் படிக்க உலாவியின் அமைப்பை {encoding = Unicode/ UTF-8} என்று தர வேண்டும்.
  
  இல்லாவிட்டால் அந்தக் கட்டமைப்புகளின் தமிழில் தரப்படுகின்ற உள்ளீட்டைப் படிக்க முடியாது - junk போலத்தான் தெரியும்.
  
  இந்தக் குறைபாட்டைக் களைய ஏதேனும் வழி உள்ளதா? ஏனெனின் - இன்னும் சில காலங்களில் முழுதும் UNICODE தமிழ் தகுதர முறைக்கு எல்லா (தமிழ்) வலையகங்களும் மாறிவிடப்போகும் சூழலில் - இன்றைய காலகட்டத்தில் - இடப்படும் TSCII தமிழ் உள்ளீடுகள் - அநாதையாக "தேடப்பட இயலாத"வைகளாக மாறிவிடுமா??
  
  இப்போது வரை இடப்பட்டிருக்கும் எல்லா TSCII உள்ளீடுகளையும் UNICODE-க்கு அப்படியே மாற்றிவிடுதற்கான சாத்தியக்கூறு உள்ளதா?
  
  அப்போதுதான் - இன்றுவரை உள்ளீடாகத் தரப்பட்டுள்ள TSCII தமிழ் பக்கங்கள் பாதுகாத்து வைக்கப்படும்.
  
  இல்லையேல் - அத்தனையும் "ஓலைச்சுவடி" எழுத்துக்கள் போல் பயனற்றுப் போய்விடக்கூடும் - பின்னாளில் வரப்போகும் யுனிகோட் யுகத்தில்!
  
  இதுகுறித்து பிபி அல்லது மற்ற மன்ற மேலாளர்கள்/ ஒருங்கமைப்பாளர்கள் - கருத்தை அறிய விழைகிறேன்.
  
  
• From: bb (@ 24.6.251.57) on: Tue Aug 17 22:41:21 EDT 2004
  
  Nemo, We don't want to use Unicode/TSCII in newtfmpage till the usage of it becomes widespread. The main reasons are,
  1. This forum is a more generic one than hub/yahoo groups. Lots of people here don't write or read tamil.
  2. Search is still a pain. I agree it is a bit better with Unicode, but transliterated thamizh still works much better.
  We have a sizeable chunk of info in inaimathi (http://www.newtfmpage.com/ppp ) which we haven't converted to TSCII 1.7. Let the unicode standard stabilize and some kind of auto-conversion tool come into place so that non-tamil readers can read in transliterated thamizh. Then, we can switch to unicode.
  
  
• From: nemo (@ 61.2.33.254) on: Wed Aug 18 07:23:19 EDT 2004
  
  Thanks bb!
  
  :=)
  
  By the way - I was wonderinig if this thread "How to Read and Write Posts in Thamizh Script?" - be put in the "Permanent Threads" section - so that at a future point of time - this thread can be used to get info regarding Using TSCII/UNICODE thamizh s/w tools and fonts.
  
  :=)
  
  

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