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== Enable Sinhala rendering ==
== Enable Sinhala rendering ==
* Copy lklug.ttf font to /usr/share/fonts
* Copy [http://sinhala.sourceforge.net/files/lklug.ttf lklug.ttf] font to /usr/share/fonts
* execute
* execute
<pre>fc-cache -fv</pre>
<pre>fc-cache -fv</pre>

Revision as of 08:52, 16 October 2008

english | සිංහල

Enable Sinhala rendering

  • Copy lklug.ttf font to /usr/share/fonts
  • execute
fc-cache -fv

Enabling Sinhala keyboard

  • Edit ~/.kbd file and add the following
XKBLAYOUT="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


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.