[Smc-discuss] developing a keyboard manager - help needed

[Saravanan]

Hello Volunteers,

  Now I understood "something". My previous ideas about keyboard manager
(ie., Capture the keystrokes,
 process the keys,  Re-send the characters to the active X Window.) will
work  for normal  True type(ttf) fonts only.
It will not work for unicode fonts, Since in unicode there is no separate
character code for conjuncts & viramas. So even if u replace the combination
of characters with the  corresponding unicode conjunct actually only the
same original glyphs are stored there.
  So the need is  1) Standard fonts 2) Either a COMMON RENDERING ENGINE for
all X applications or Rendering engines for each kind of appications.

            SMC guys what did u finally decide about the combination
required for forming Chillaksharams.

regards,
saravanan


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ashik S" <calvini at operamail.com>
To: "Swathantra Malayalam Computing" <smc-discuss at lists.sarovar.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 6:06 AM
Subject: Re: [Smc-discuss] developing a keyboard manager - help needed


>
> I thought about it and i think there is a way
> 1.Whatever it is , it must be loaded as a module along with X
> 2.It must capture the keystrokes before X does and then send it to X.(it
is possible and i am researching on it)..thats why it must be loaded as a
module along with X
> 3.The rest is upto the window manager.I think passing Unicode will help.
>
> Guide me too if u get more info .Have lots a time free
>


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