The Linux Devanagari HOWTO

NCST, `keyur_shroff@yahoo.com` , `keyur@konark.cdacmumbai.in`

September 1, 2001

This document describes how to use Devanagari language with "IndiX" - a modified X Window system on Linux that has support for Indian scripts. This will cover setting Devanagari fonts, Devanagari keyboard and some Devanagari applications. You must install IndiX system. In this HOWTO wherever I use word "Hindi", it is in context of "Devanagari script".

Please note that some parts of this HOWTO are copied from Unicode-HOWTO and other HOWTOs.

1. Introduction

2. Devanagari Input and Output Setup

2.1 Linux console

2.2 X Window system

2.2.1 Devanagari font

2.2.2 Devanagari Keyboard layout

3. Locale Setup

3.1 Files & the kernel

3.2 ttys & the kernel

3.3 General data conversion

3.4 Creating resource files

3.4.1 X application resources

3.4.2 GTK application resources

3.4.3 GNOME application resources

3.5 Locale environment variables

4. Applications with Devanagari

4.1 Networking

4.2 Browsers

4.3 Editors

4.4 Mailers

4.5 Text processing

4.6 Databases

4.7 Other text-mode applications

4.8 Other X11 applications

5. Programming support

5.1 X Window programming

5.2 GTK programming

5.3 Programming languages

5.3.1 C/C++

5.3.2 Java

5.3.3 Lisp

5.3.4 Ada95

5.3.5 Python

5.3.6 JavaScript/ECMAscript

5.3.7 Tcl

5.3.8 Perl

5.4 Indic Script Shaping Library

The Linux Devanagari HOWTO

NCST, keyur_shroff@yahoo.com , keyur@konark.cdacmumbai.in

NCST, `keyur_shroff@yahoo.com` , `keyur@konark.cdacmumbai.in`