Kannada on Fedora core 3

Its easier than ever to set up kannada on your linux box, with fedora. Here are the simple steps, take a look... Screenshots here. 1. Fonts: All you have to do is pick up some Unicode font, and go through the following simple steps: (taken from FC3 release notes). ------------- If you wish to add new fonts to your Fedora Core 3 system, you must be aware that the steps necessary depend on which font subsystem is to use the new fonts. For the core X font subsystem, you must: 1. Create the /usr/share/fonts/local/ directory (if it doesn't already exist): mkdir /usr/share/fonts/local/ 2. Copy the new font file into /usr/share/fonts/local/ 3. Update the font information by issuing the following commands (note that, due to formatting restrictions, the following commands may appear on more than one line; in use, each command should be entered on a single line): ttmkfdir -d /usr/share/fonts/local/ -o /usr/share/fonts/local/fonts.scale mkfontdir /usr/share/fonts/local/ 4. If you had to create /usr/share/fonts/local/, you must then add it to the X font server (xfs) path: chkfontpath --add /usr/share/fonts/local/ Adding new fonts to the fontconfig font subsystem is more straightforward; the new font file only needs to be copied into the /usr/share/fonts/ directory (individual users can modify their personal font configuration by copying the font file into the ~/.fonts/ directory). After the new font has been copied, use fc-cache to update the font information cache: fc-cache (Where would be either the /usr/share/fonts/ or ~/.fonts/ directories.) Individual users may also install fonts graphically, by browsing fonts:/// in Nautilus, and dragging the new font files there. NOTE: If the font filename ends with ".gz", it has been compressed with gzip, and must be decompressed (with the gunzip command) before the fontconfig font subsystem can use the font. ------ 2. Keyboard Layout: If you're just happy with Inscript keyboard layout, Fedora has it for you. But you might have to do this: a) right click on the gnome panel, and select "Add to panel", add keyboard indicator applet. b) right click on it, Choose "Open Keyboard Preferences" and search and select add kannada to the present list. Now, all you have to do is use the toggle keys to switch from one layout to the other. UPDATE: (March 7, 2005) You can download ISIS for kannada IME. A very handy tool :) UPDATE: You can use m17n db along with SCIM Input method to type Kannada using itrans method (similiar to Baraha). More details here Enjoy typing Kannada :) P.S: Screenshots of Kannada on fedora core 3 are here: http://kannada.sourceforge.net/fedora_core_3/screenshots/