Sinhala

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Sinhala Linux supports the Sinhala script and Sinhala language of Sri Lanka by creating Sinhala-enabled versions of applications for merging into Debian and other distributions. Sinhala fonts and keyboards are in Debian and other Linux distributions.

Enable Sinhala rendering

• Copy lklug.ttf font to /usr/share/fonts
• execute

fc-cache -fv

Select Sinhala as the Sugar interface language

• Control Panel -> Language -> Sinhala(Sri Lanka) OR
• In the command prompt;

sugar-control-panel -s language Sinhala/Sri_Lanka

• Download the self extracting Sinhala language pack, si_lang_pack_v2.sh and execute it from command line.

Enabling Sinhala keyboard

• Edit /etc/sysconfig/keyboard file and make the following changes;

XKB_LAYOUT="us,lk"
XKB_VARIANT="olpc -option grp:alt_shift_toggle"

• Restart the Sugar by using Ctrl+Alt+erase
• Now you can toggle between sinhala and english keyboards by using "Alt+Shift" key combination