[Kannada] Re: [Fwd: Nudi under Linux: Trial 0]

[Pramod.R]

> Subject: Nudi under Linux: Trial 0
> From: <mas at mylug.org> 
> Just tried it under SuSe. Worked fine. Am extremely happy to see that at
> last Kannada on my linux box.
> Here are the observations:
> 
>   1. The CAPS lock thing is not consistent. Sometimes it is needed,
>      sometimes not. To get the letter rendered correctly, I had to do it
>      a couple of times.
CAPS lock is used to toggle between vowels(swaras) and matras(swara 
chihnegalu)

>   2. To get the arkavattu, in Nudi, capital F is used. Here, it follows
>      the phonetic approach. Is it deliberate.
You can map the keys only to chars defined in the unicode and not to 
glyphs in the Private User Area of unicode
and xkb doesn't allow you to define combinations.
>   3. As observed before, the half letter glyph is disjoint from the main
>      letter, which still gets the full space. Is it just a
>      rendering problem?
Hmmmm..Half-letter glyph?..Can you just send the text/keystroke you are 
trying?
-pramod