Javascript IME (was Re: [Kannada] Kannada Dictionary)

Pavanaja U.B. pavanaja at vishvakannada.com
Thu Jul 8 20:31:48 PDT 2004


Yep! Thanks for point this to me. Now I vaguely remember of seeing this long ago 
but had forgotten.

Rgds,
Pavanaja

> 
> you mean, something like this ?
> 
> http://203.197.119.53:2080/neo.html
> 
> shashi
> 
> --- "Pavanaja U.B." <pavanaja at vishvakannada.com> wrote:
> > A keyboard driver or IME (Input Method Editor) is the software
> > driver which interprets your 
> > keystorkes as appropriate characters. For ex., in English (default)
> > keyboards, if you press 
> > the key k, it is interpreted as k (I know you are asking now
> > "what's so great abt it?"). In case 
> > of Kannada, if you press k it has to be interpreted as "ka", its
> > Unicode vaue is 0C95. 
> > Likewise every key has to have a codepoint associated. Currently,
> > the IMEs work on the OS 
> > or the applications. For ex., if you are using Windows XP, the
> > Kannada IME works on all 
> > Windows applications. In case of Linux, the things are slightly
> > different. Pramod can add 
> > here.
> > 
> > Consider the case of web-site which needs you to enter the text in
> > Kannada in some form 
> > (textbox). To do that, the Kannada IME should be installed in the
> > client PC. Imagine you are 
> > sitting in a cybercafe. You can not install the Kannada IME there.
> > Some people are giving 
> > the downloadable IMEs in the form of ActiveX or Java applet. Again,
> > these have their own 
> > limitations. ActiveX works only on IE. Java applet can not be
> > executed if the security settings 
> > are set to high and also needs the JVM to be present. Javascript
> > based IME should work on 
> > all systems. I am not very sure whether it is possible to make a
> > Javascript based IME. 
> > Javascirpt based IME was not made by any company which has put up
> > an interactive Indian 
> > language web-site so far. The reason for this is very simple -the
> > code is open. Anybody can 
> > copy it!
> > 
> > Rgds,
> > Pavanaja
> >  
> > > What will this do ?
> > > 
> > > --Soma
> > > 
> > > "Pavanaja U.B." wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Can you think of writing a Javascript keyboard driver (client
> > side)?
> > > >
> > > > No one has done it so far.
> > > >
> > > > Rgds,
> > > > Pavanaja
> > > >
> > > > > Hi Pavanaja,
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks for the info.
> > > > >
> > > > > Where can I look for list of Kannada Projects. Any website
> > links?
> > > > >
> > > > > regards,
> > > > > Bheemesh.C
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > "Pavanaja U.B." <pavanaja at vishvakannada.com> wrote:
> > > > >     Check out http://www.kannadakasturi.com/
> > > > >
> > > > >     Regards,
> > > > >     Pavanaja
> > > > >
> > > > >     > Hi,
> > > > >     >
> > > > >     > I have developing a Web basedKannada Dictionary (very
> > > > primative),
> > > > >     is anyone working on this or
> > > > >     > any projects running already?
> > > > >     >
> > > > >     > thanks and regards,
> > > > >     > Bheemesh.C
> > > > >     >
> > > > >     >
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