See:
https://www.sayura.net/im/sayura.pdf
See the description at the top of the si-sayura.mim file and
https://www.sayura.net/im/sayura.pdf
Currently pre-nasalised letters are reached by first typing the obstruent consonant and then hitting shift and g keys, but htis is not consistent as
pre-nasalised labial consonant ඹ is reached through shift + m
The usage of g key to convert the obstruent consonant is atleast in my opinion not intuitive, and I would much rather use the n key for this. but due to the n key being binded to both න and ණ this is perhaps not the best solution.
My goal is to bring a consistent and intuitive way to type pre-nasalised consonants
You will need to install
- ibus-m17n
- Any Unicode font supporting Sinhalese
$ mkdir -p ~/.m17n.d/
$ cp si-sayura.mim ~/.m17n.d/
$ ibus restartNow ibus should list the newly added input method:
$ ibus list-engine | grep -i sayura
m17n:si:sayura - sayura (m17n)Open the regional settings in the gnome-control-center. Either from the gnome panel by clicking on the icon showing a wrench and a screwdriver. Then the gnome-control-center opens. Click on the flag to go to the regional settings. You can also open the regional settings directly by doing this on the command line:
$ gnome-control-center regionIn the regional settings dialog, click on the “+” button at the lower left corner of the dialog to add an input method. In the search dialog which opens, click on the three vertical dots at the bottom. Enter "sayura" into the search field. Click on “Sinhala”. Select “Sinhala (sayura (m17n))” and click on the “Add” button.
Start ibus-setup and add the “sayura (m17n)” input method (Search for “Sinhala”). Don’t use ibus-setup if you are using Gnome3, it does not work for Gnome3!