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== Select Sinhala as the Sugar interface language== |
== Select Sinhala as the Sugar interface language== |
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* Control Panel -> Language -> Sinhala(Sri Lanka) |
* Control Panel -> Language -> Sinhala(Sri Lanka) OR |
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* In the command prompt; |
* In the command prompt; |
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Revision as of 09:28, 16 October 2008
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
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
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.