Talk:OLPC Nepali Keyboard

character sample

What is the equivalent of AB (the first two letters of the alphabet) in Nepalese? --Walter 23:18, 26 September 2007 (EDT)

It's कख Shankar 02:46, 27 September 2007 (EDT)

Thanks Shankar. I've used them on the "language key". I've finished my first pass--any feedback would be appreciated. --Walter 13:15, 27 September 2007 (EDT)

Purpose? If this is for something like a font sample, then you should instead use the characters which are most likely to vary in interesting ways. (for English, probably "ag") AlbertCahalan 13:11, 27 September 2007 (EDT)

Thanks Walter. In the png file that you have prepared, the fifth row (zxcvbnm -row) has some errors, could you check it once. We have some extra characters too, which we type in traditional systems using Caps Lock key. Any ideas, how can we incorporate those extra characters in this layout? -- Suyesh 08:32, 28 September 2007 (EDT)

I'll work on the z-? row. Regarding extra characters, how many are there? We could add them as shifts to the numbers row, for example. The way the keyboard input will be set up, you can switch back and forth between Nepalese and Latin characters en mass by using the "language" key (the AB/कख) or individually by using the Alt-Gr key (for example, when in Nepalese "mode", Alt-Gr ज would give you q; Alt-Gr १ would give you 1; Shift-Alt-Gr ज would give you Q). --Walter 09:49, 28 September 2007 (EDT)

I just posted a new version of the keyboard. Please let me know if I caught all of the changes. --Walter 10:00, 28 September 2007 (EDT)

As per above, I'd suggest we consider any of the keycap positions marked in red for adding characters (See

). --Walter 11:35, 28 September 2007 (EDT)

Thank you again Walter. There are about 30 extra characters but we think that some of them are obsolete. We will talk to linguist here in Nepal to decide which of them are really required, and inform you soon.--Suyesh 12:38, 28 September 2007 (EDT)