Urdu in Fedora 7 ?

xahid · Post by **xahid** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 5:03 pm

does any one tried Urdu support in Fedora 7 ?
I tried the formal method but there's no XKB directory, & they've also change some directory structure !
Now how to enable Urdu support ?

Post by **fawad** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 8:26 pm

The Urdu keyboard should be builtin (It's bundled with xorg). All you have to do is enable it. In KDE, you enable keyboard layouts in the Accessibility section of the Control Center.

xahid · Post by **xahid** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 12:07 pm

fawad, have you seen that urdu ?
lol
you should check it out,
its like if you write "pakistan" in urdu its wriiten in all alphabets separately,
like "Pay alif Kaaf Seen Tay Alif Noon" !

Post by **lambda** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 1:51 pm

yes, that's called phonetic translation. you don't need a keyboard with urdu letters for it to work.

xahid · Post by **xahid** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:23 pm

lambda wrote:yes, that's called phonetic translation. you don't need a keyboard with urdu letters for it to work.

So, how will it work ?
I dont understand !

Post by **lambda** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 11:34 pm

it works like you saw up above: you type in the letters corresponding to the sounds, and it writes out the urdu letters corresponding to the same sounds. in some cases, you need to hit a capital letter or two letters (like "dh") to get the corresponding urdu letter.

xahid · Post by **xahid** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 11:08 am

hmm...
you know what, I just try RHEnt. 5, & urdu is working smooth without any extra efforts :/
I was thinkin to move to Fedora but Now I guess, I should stick with Enterprise relese.
but Thanx for your help !