Re: [Gaeilge-gnulinux] Re: [Gaeilge-gnulinux] Re: [ILUG] [VOT] Úsáid na Gaeilge ar Linux + leaganacha Gaeilge de Windows XP agus Office 2003

[Séamus Ó Ciardhuáin]

Dara,

If your distro has a recent version of X then it should be enough to use 
"setxkbmap ie" to get a keyboard which is a superset of the Windows 
Irish layout. If you want dots then use "setxkbmap ie CloGaelach": AltGr 
should then give you áéíóú and dot over the consonants, assuming you've 
got the fonts for it. I use Gentoo and it works fine.

Fonts: look for Vincent Morley's on www.fainne.org/gaelchlo -- free and 
Unicode encoded! If you need commercial quality look at Michael 
Everson's at www.evertype.com. There are some others around too but I 
don't think they are Unicode-encoded, making them pretty useless until 
someone re-encodes them.

I'm planning an update to the ie keyboard map over the summer, which 
will include a web page explaining how to use it! If anyone has comments 
on it I'd be delighted to hear from you. I'm also hoping to do a Windows 
version of it (has anyone had a look at the new Irish Windows to see if 
they've included a better layout with it?).

Séamus
(ie keyboard map implementor, KDE translation coordinator, and 
contributor to Firefox translation)


Dara Ó Maoilmhichíl wrote:
> thanks,
> 
> i'll get that and a few other distros and check them out. And maybe
> throw my hand in at translation of the apps i'll like to use.
> 
> i have those two dictionaries, and firefox as gaeilge(-ish) but that's
> coming along nicely.
> 
> until i have the time for that however, i guess i'll just look for
> some key-mapping tricks.
> 
> cheers
> 
> dm
> 
> On 28/06/05, Dáithí <gi7omy at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> 
>>I use Gentoo and that will let you set up with ga_IE as default language -
>>also lets you install the aspell_ga and kspell_ie dictionaries
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Dara Ó Maoilmhichíl" <dara.o.maoilmhichil at gmail.com>
>>To: "Sean Mac Suibhne" <seanmac2004 at eircom.net>; <ilug at linux.ie>;
>><gaeilge-gnulinux at lists.sourceforge.net>; <eolas-ibi at yahoogroups.com>;
>><gaelic-l at listserv.heanet.ie>
>>Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 8:54 PM
>>Subject: [Gaeilge-gnulinux] Re: [ILUG] [VOT] Úsáid na Gaeilge ar Linux +
>>leaganacha Gaeilge de Windows XP agus Office 2003
>>
>>I didn't realise there was any kind of decent offering out there for
>>gaeilge on linux, though it's something i would love to see and would
>>use.
>>
>>I thought there was just a few apps poorly translated and that was it.
>>
>>Am I wrong ?
>>
>>I can't get the ftp install of suse  to offer anything other than
>>english(us) for ireland, and if i don't find a better distro soon i
>>will have to do something about the key mapping so i can easily get
>>irish characters.
>>
>>Also, is there any character code available with the irish glyphs ?
>>The one without the letter h where a 'dot' over the letter was used,
>>and alternater characters for 'r'. 's' and '&' etc..  [i've seen
>>various fonts for some os's but that doesn't suit me - need a
>>supported codepage, UTF has room for some more glyphs perhaps ??]
>>
>>I have lots of books printed in this manner and i prefer it but it
>>seems to have dissappeared in the more recently printed materials for
>>some reason.
>>
>>Regards
>>
>>Dara
>>
>>Sean Mac Suibhne wrote:
>>
>>
>>>As we know Linux and a version of the Mac opperating systems were the first
>>>as
>>>regards opperating systems and software in Irish.  So I was just wondering
>>>who among us on this list uses the Irish language versions of the various
>>>lInux options available.
>>>I have Mandriva le 2005 Firefox and have the use of an Irish language
>>>spellchecker in kmail.
>>>What about you?
>>>
>>>Seán Mac Suibhne
>>>
>>>=========================================================
>>>Ba mhór ag Foras na Gaeilge agus Microsoft Ireland tú a bheith i láthair
>>>uair
>>>a sheolfaidh
>>>
>>>Éamon Ó Cuív T.D.
>>>
>>>Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta
>>>
>>>leaganacha Gaeilge de Windows XP agus Office 2003
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Dé Máirt, 28 Meitheamh 2005 ag 1 p.m
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>i gCeannáras Fhoras na Gaeilge
>>>
>>>7 Cearnóg Mhuirfean, BÁC 2
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Foras na Gaeilge   Microsoft
>>>
>>>===========================================
>>>www.ionad.org
>>>===========================================
>>>
>>>
>>
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