Sinhala Unicode Support
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This page explains how to get the Sinhala unicode support and sinhala unicode input to work using scim (sayura-scim).
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Sinhala Unicode Font
yaourt -S ttf-lklug
Enabling Sinhala Locale
Edit /etc/locale.gen. Uncomment following line
si_LK UTF-8
Run following program
locale-gen
Sinhala Unicode Input Support
sayura-scim
Install scim-sayura from AUR.
yaourt -S scim-sayura
scim configuration
More about scim can be found here. To enable scim add following lines to /etc/profile
export XMODIFIERS=@im=SCIM export GTK_IM_MODULE="scim" export QT_IM_MODULE="scim"
Further Reading and More Information
- sinhala linux - Official Homepage
- sayura-scim - Official Homepage
- LKLUG - Lanka Linux User Group (Sinhala Linux Mailing List)
- Sinhala Unicode Group (සිංහල යුනිකෝඩ් සමූහය)
- Enabling Unicode Sinhala in GNU/Linux HOWTO