Bug 381900 - Sinhala Unicode Support
Summary: Sinhala Unicode Support
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: systemsettings
Classification: Applications
Component: kcm_keyboard (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Unassigned bugs mailing-list
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Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2017-07-02 09:11 UTC by Pujitha Dimuthu
Modified: 2022-11-22 08:18 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Standard Sinhala Computer Keyboard Layout (91.95 KB, application/pdf)
2022-11-07 22:45 UTC, Pujitha Dimuthu
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Description Pujitha Dimuthu 2017-07-02 09:11:46 UTC
Hi,

Please add Sinhala Unicode keyboard layout support for KDE.
- URL : https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=140927

Standard Sinhala Computer Keyboard Layout as defined by Sri Lanka Standard 1134 Revision 2: 2004
Wijesekara (m17n) : m17n-db and si-wijesekera.mim

Fore more information Please visit : 
- https://issues.openmandriva.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2144
- http://distro.ibiblio.org/hanthana/14.5/docs/Wijesekara-layout.pdf

Thanks,

Pujitha Dimuthu Weerakoon
Comment 1 Justin Zobel 2022-11-06 09:25:18 UTC
Thank you for reporting this issue in KDE software. As it has been a while since this issue was reported, can we please ask you to see if you can reproduce the issue with a recent software version?

If you can reproduce the issue, please change the status to "REPORTED" when replying. Thank you!
Comment 2 Pujitha Dimuthu 2022-11-07 22:45:37 UTC
Created attachment 153565 [details]
Standard Sinhala Computer Keyboard Layout
Comment 3 Pujitha Dimuthu 2022-11-07 22:46:47 UTC
Checked in Mageia 8 x64. Not fixed yet.

Dolphin Version 20.12.0
KDE Frameworks 5.76.0
Qt 5.15.2 (built against 5.15.2)
The xcb windowing system

[dimuthu@Pujitha-PC ~]$ cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Mageia"
VERSION="8"
ID=mageia
VERSION_ID=8
ID_LIKE="mandriva fedora"
PRETTY_NAME="Mageia 8"
ANSI_COLOR="1;36"
HOME_URL="https://www.mageia.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://www.mageia.org/support/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.mageia.org/"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Privacy_policy"
[dimuthu@Pujitha-PC ~]$ lsb_release -a
LSB Version:    core-2.0-amd64:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-amd64:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-amd64:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-amd64:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-amd64:core-4.0-noarch:core-4.1-amd64:core-4.1-noarch:cxx-3.1-amd64:cxx-3.1-noarch:cxx-3.2-amd64:cxx-3.2-noarch:graphics-3.1-amd64:graphics-3.1-noarch:graphics-3.2-amd64:graphics-3.2-noarch:lsb-2.0-amd64:lsb-2.0-noarch:lsb-3.0-amd64:lsb-3.0-noarch:lsb-3.1-amd64:lsb-3.1-noarch:lsb-3.2-amd64:lsb-3.2-noarch:lsb-4.0-amd64:lsb-4.0-noarch:lsb-4.1-amd64:lsb-4.1-noarch
Distributor ID: Mageia
Description:    Mageia 8
Release:        8
Codename:       mga8
[dimuthu@Pujitha-PC ~]$ 

https://askubuntu.com/questions/105544/install-sinhala-unicode-pack

sudo apt-get install ttf-sinhala-lkmug ibus im-switch ibus-m17n m17n-db m17n-contrib language-pack-si-base
rm -f ~/.xinput.d/* ; im-switch -z all_ALL -s ibus  

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/ibus-m17n_as_default_Sinhala_IME

http://distro.ibiblio.org/hanthana/14.5/docs/Wijesekara-layout.pdf

Hope these will be useful.
Comment 4 Bug Janitor Service 2022-11-22 05:12:45 UTC
Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
15 days. Please provide the requested information as soon as
possible and set the bug status as REPORTED. Due to regular bug
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no change in 30 days the bug will be closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
due to lack of needed information.

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If you have already provided the requested information, please
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Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!
Comment 5 Pujitha Dimuthu 2022-11-22 08:18:32 UTC
Provided all the information I can provide. In ubuntu Gnome people can type using m17n software.
KDE displays Sinhala Unicode correctly. The issue is with typing.  
Use below link to check text displaying. 
https://si.wikipedia.org/

If you need sinhala fons please use below link.
Font download Link https://sinhala-fonts.org/fonts/malithi-web-regular