[ubuntu-in] SCIM keymap for Hindi Baraha system

[Gora Mohanty]

On Fri, 2007-08-10 at 12:25 +0530, withblessings at gmail.com wrote:
> Gora,
> Appreciate for developing baraha type(for linux) which is single
> phonetic layout for all Indian languages. 
> You can access to Baraha which is FREE download.
> Please  visit www.bahara.com  where all details required by you are
> available.
[...]

Erm, isn't Baraha both closed-source, and Windows-only? I have no wish
to deal with either kind of software. I do not even have easy access
to a Windows machine so that I can try it out. 

> In this context please develop Linux single phonetic key layout for
> all Indian langauges and should  not be restricted to Hindi.only

While I would be glad to help in this, I have neither the time, nor
the knowledge to do this for all languages. However, if someone is
willing to make a table in other languages, based on the Hindi table,
I would be glad to help out. What I can also do is make up an initial
table for other languages by simple analogy to the Hindi table.

> As example I will type all Indian languages avialable typing phonetic
> key layout -(by using  BarahaIME1.0 tool)  in MSwindows. If you type
> phonetic way like "ka" or  "kra" or "kA",  output in  different
> languages are indicated below  No halant used in Baraha software !! 
> ka  = ಕ , क,  க,   క,  ക, ક, ਕ,  ক্ক , 
> kra = ಕ್ರ , क्र, க்ர, క్ర , ക്ര, ક્ર, ਕ੍ਰ , ক্র
> kA  =  ಕಾ, का, கா, కా, കാ, કા, ਕਾ, কা, 

OK, this is fine. Can you clarify one thing for me? The person I was
working with claimed that the "a" to make a complete consonant was
optional, i.e., both "k", and "ka" would make क in Hindi. Is that
correct? That confused me because I could not figure out how Baraha
would then distinguish whether "kra" was "क्र" or "कर".

Regards,
Gora