[Localization] Please test the SCIM based Amharic keyboard layout

[TG]

>
>
> I don't think that this is the case. The first mapping line of the file is
>
> ("y" "የ")
>
Yes this is the case with http://dev.laptop.org/~sayamindu/am-olpc.mim




>
> meaning that pressing y results in የ on the screen. The regular
> Amharic layout in SCIM gives ይ for y.
>
This is the correct mapping.


>
> > Please see http://keyboards.ethiopic.org/specification/
> > Most amharic keyboard maping systems in the market today (including
> keyman)
> > fallow the above specification.
>
> That has not been my experience. The Amharic mapping that comes
> standard with SCIM enters Amharic with base keystrokes. When I type q
> w e r t y, I get
>
> ቅ ው እ ር ት ይ


That is the correct mapping. I have not been using the mapping that comes
with SCIM M17N for a very long time. Then the mistake must have been done
some where in between since the mapping at OLPC would give you ቀ ወ አ? ረ ተ የ.

I remember having lot of difficulties with SCIM M17N and that is why I
changed to KFLM.

For the most logical mapping please see the (Appendix B: Amharic Input
Method for a QWERTY Keyboard Layout) in the file
http://keyboards.ethiopic.org/specification/

And that too is the keyman implementation.




>
>
> > Unfortunately there is no official standard in this regard in Ethiopia
> yet.
> > but the SERA mapping system which the above specification is based, is
> not
> > only supported by a well documented study on lingustic and ergonomic
> > principles, it has become also a defacto standard due to it's wide use in
> > almost all amharic software, especially thos that comply to UNICODE
> > charactor encoding.
> > Unfortunately the amharic keyboard mapping on SCIM M17N is done by some
> one
> > who have  littel familiarity with amharic language long time ago and
> should
> > have been replaced by now.
> > I am using the KMFL http://kmfl.sourceforge.net/ on SCIM for my amharic
> > needs in linux.
> >
> > I belive this mistake has to be corrected as soon as possible before
> going
> > to any test.
> >
> > thanks
> > tegegne
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 8:03 PM, Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I forwarded this to an Ethiopian mailing list to ask for testers.
> >>
> >> On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Sayamindu Dasgupta <sayamindu at gmail.com
> >
> >> wrote:
> >> > Hello,
> >> > I just uploaded a M17N keyboard layout definition for Amharic, which
> >> > should address http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/8494
> >> > The m17n db file is at http://dev.laptop.org/~sayamindu/am-olpc.mim<http://dev.laptop.org/%7Esayamindu/am-olpc.mim>
> >> >
> >> > It would be awesome if someone who knows Amharic can test this out.
> >> > If you are a SCIM-m17n user, please copy this file to /usr/share/m17n
> >> > and select the appropriate method from your scim input method list.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > Sayamindu
> >> > --
> >> > Sayamindu Dasgupta
> >> > [http://sayamindu.randomink.org/ramblings]
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