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For tamil text typing help see FAQ of Wikipedia.
Quick guide for viewing this Wikipedia
This site uses Unicode Tamil fonts. To see them displayed correctly, follow the steps below.
'For Windows OS install(tamilnet99) (எ-கலப்பை)'
For GNU/Linux OS and Firefox browser
1. Download and install the tamil opentype fonts from sourceforge.(You have to restart your desktop environment after font installation(alt+ctrl+backspace))
2. View the web page in some browsers (such as konqbrowser or Firefox). if you get any problems, try to change your browser's encoding into utf-8. Upgrade your Firefox.
3. If you get any font spacing problems, please make TSCu_paranar.ttf as your browsers default font.
4. Join Tamillinix yahoo group for support.
For Windows OS and IE browser
1. Change the view-->Encoding menu in your browser to Unicode (UTF-8) and refresh your page.
2. If Tamil text is still not displayed, try setting the display font for Tamil in the Tools-->Internet options-->Fonts menu to Latha which is a Unicode Tamil font that comes with Windows XP .
3. If you are not using windows XP, then you can download Tamil unicode fonts for free from here and then install in your computer.
4. Then set the Tools-->Internet options-->Fonts menu to the font you just installed and then Change the view-->Encoding menu in your browser to Unicode (UTF-8) and refresh your page.
Enabling Tamil on your desktop. Here's a comprehensive document to help you through enabling Tamil on your desktop on your favourite Operating System. Browse through the index and read the section relevant to your Operating System.
If you are unable to view or edit the Tamil text on this Wikipedia, this page is for you. This page is also recommended for users who can view or edit but are not familiar with editing documents in Tamil using Unicode.Despite the title of the document, the instructions will apply to all sites and content which use Unicode.
While most new versions of WindowsOperating Systems and Linux Distributions have basic support for viewing and editing Tamil in Unicode, they still might have some quirks or need some configuration to get it working.
1. install Tamil support package
or
open synaptic package manager, search for language-support-ta install it
Download Tabuntu package and install it on your system
Out of the Box support for viewing pages in Tamil thanks to the Arial Unicode MS font.
Besides the Arial Unicode MS font, Windows XP also comes with Latha which gets installed if you follow the steps detailed in the next section (Input). You can also download Tamil unicode fonts from here.
Thamizha e-kalappai consists of it’s own UNICODE engine which doesn’t require require underlying operating system support. Although it is useful if you setup the underlying operating system support as you can rename the folders and do lot more.
To enable unicode in windows xp download this file and install your computer it will enable your computer unicode ready.file available in the following link
MS IE, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla and variants and Opera all display Tamil by Default without any modification and input if above step is carried out.
Although almost all Linux Distributions have support for Tamil, browsing Tamil Unicode websites especially using the default Mozilla or its variants like Firefox, Galeon or Epiphany does not work.
Of all distributions, Mandrakelinux has the best support for Tamil out of the box. It includes Tamil fonts, Tamil locale, Inscript layout and KDE with Tamil Support. If you are using Mandrakelinux, most of these steps are optional.
Note: To install the Tamil package if you have not done during installation, do the following steps, as root:
The following instructions will help install fonts for a single user on the system (no rootpassword required)
You will need to restart an application after installing the font to see the newly installed font in that application.
The m17n - SCIM framework gives standardized (UTF-8) Tamil editing capabilities on standard keyboards.
m17n library is an opensource initiative for realizing multilingualization in Linux/Unix Platforms. The library serves as a backend for the Smart Common Input Method (SCIM) Project. SCIM provides a neat way of switching between Tamil and English keys.
Hence, to achieve full Tamil editing capabilities on your linux system this way, you should have both the m17n backend and the SCIM frontend.
Here is the step by step procedure:
1. Download the m17n libraries and database sources from here
2. Download SCIM from here
3. Download the m17n-SCIM interface from here
4. After installation, in Fedora 3 you should see the SCIM Input Method Setup in Applications-->Preferences-->More Preferences
5. Once the SCIM fron end starts,
Now you are all set to type in Tamil!!!. Go to any UTF-8 enabled editor or IM (gedit, gaim work!) and select the m17n kan itrans Keyboard in Tamil in the SCIM utility (which should be running on the desktop panel) and start typing Tamil! If you any further doubts and questions, please visit http://Tamil.sourceforge.net/support and post your queries.
IIIMF is an multi-platform input method framework. IIMF comes with Nudi and Inscript layouts for Tamil. But be warned, it is very unstable. The IIIMF howto at Indlinux provides more information and step by step instructions on installation and usage.
ISIS is an easy-to-use system for computation using Indian scripts, developed by Gautam Sengupta of the Center for Applied Linguistics & Translation Studies, University of Hyderabad. ISIS binaries can be downloaded from here.
Inscript layout is easy to setup. It is readily available in most of the distributions. Instuctions to enable the layout vary depending on your desktop environment or distribution.
On Mandrakelinux the preferred way to enable the inscript layout keyboard is through the Mandrakelinux control center -> keyboard, choose the Tamil keyboard, and the key combination to switch between US and Tamil layouts; that will work for all desktop and WM.
You should now see a Keyboard Indicator applet on your panel.
On the keyboard indicator, when you see Tml you will be typing in Tamil.
You will now be able to switch the groups using a keyboard shortcut depending on the option you have chosen.
You should now see a Keyboard Indicator applet on your panel.
On the keyboard indicator, when you see tel you will typing in Tamil.
You will now be able to switch the groups using a keyboard shortcut depending on the option you have chosen.
You should now see a Keyboard Layout Switcher applet on your panel.
When the Keyboard Layout Swither shows Tamil, we will able to type in Tamil. You can press and Left alt and Left Shift to switch between the layouts.
You should now see Keyboard Layout Switcher in the notification area. You can switch keyboard layouts by clicking on the Keyboard Layout Switcher or by using the keyboard shortcut you have chosen.
The version of Konqueror that comes with KDE 3.2 or above or if you are using Konqueror with QT 3.2 or above, you will get Tamil Display and Input in Unicode, provided you have followed the above steps.
By default, Mozilla products on Fedora Core 3, Suse Linux & Ubuntu come with indic lanugage support. All you need to do is put the following statements in your Mozilla/FireFox/Thunderbird executable (Ex: in /usr/bin/firefox ) under #Variables or your ~/.bashrc file.
Alternatively, you can download Mozilla Binaries with Indic (including Tamil) support from http://www.indlinux.org/wiki/index.php/TamingTheDragonThe TamingtheDragon page also has instructions on enabling Indic (including Tamil) support if you want to build from source.
Two tamil blog posts on unicode tamil font rendering help in firefox are below:1. http://tamilgnu.blogspot.com/2006/08/firefox.html2. http://tamilgnu.blogspot.com/2006/09/firefox.html
Although officially there is no support for the above Operating Systems, some users have reported that using IE6 upgrades Tamil Support for the Browser. Please make enquiries on the mailing lists/boards listed below.
(The following is some additional information from the Unicode site regarding Windows 2000.)
For Windows 2000, getting additional languages installed is as follows:
Start > Settings > Control Panel > Regional Options.
In the General tab, set all the languages you may want to display, the more you set, the more you will be able to process multilingual data through all your applications, including your browser. This adds fonts as well as system support for these languages.
Full fonts with Office 2000
If you have Microsoft Office 2000 and newer versions, you can get the Arial Unicode MS font, which is the most complete. To get it, insert the Office CD, and do a custom install. Choose Add or Remove Features. Click the (+) next to Office Tools, then International Support, then the Universal Font icon, and choose the installation option you want.
Tamil Unicode fonts are natively supported in Mac OS X Tiger. For Tamil typing, the input keyboard (Anjal or Tamil99) can be enabled in the 'System Preferences ->International' menu.
In order to see Tamil under Mac OS X, you need to install fonts containing these characters.
In order to type Tamil efficiently, you need to change your keyboard layout. This is done in the System Preferences. Unfortunetly Mac OS X doesn't ship with a Tamil keyboard layout by default, so you will have to use the Character Palette (1) or Unicode Hex Input (2).
Recommended (1):
Alternatively (2):
Another alternative (untested) is to install the X11 server and the instructions in the next section should work for you.
Unicode is a universal character set which defines code points for each character in almost every script in the world including Tamil. It is an internationally accepted standard published by the Unicode Consortium Unicode Consortium and supported in most Operating Systems. The Tamilnadu Government is representing for Tamil on the Unicode Consortium through Ministry of Information and Technology, Govt of India.
See discussion on Unicode usage in Wikipedia.
To get more information on how to install fonts, go to this page on the Unicode organization's website. http://www.unicode.org/help/display_problems.html