വിക്കിനിഘണ്ടു:Reading problems - വിക്കിനിഘണ്ടു
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"Please do not translate the English text on this page."
On this page we will try to explain how to resolve problems when viewing the Malayalam pages. Malayalam Wiktionary uses
Unicode
to encode its pages. If you
do not see Malayalam letters at all
you may need a Malayalam Unicode Font, sections below explain the best options for various platforms.
If you see Malayalam letters but there are
too many spelling mistakes
your browser is probably not set up for Indic scripts.
Please see "
Setting up your browser for Indic scripts
".
For Microsoft Windows users:
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Quick instruction for Windows XP + Internet Explorer users
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Run
AnjaliOldLipi Installer
. No further steps required.
Details
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If you have Windows XP with the SP2 update, you already have a working system. The Kartika font which comes with the SP2 update is a decent font. Please do not install the Thoolika font mentioned below.
The most likely reason why you cannot see anything on the Malayalam Wiktionary is that you do not have a font that supports the Malayalam Unicode range. If you can see some letters, but there are too many errors, you probably have a font with poor support for Malayalam Unicode. Perhaps the best fonts available are
rachana
by K.H.Hussain
Anjali Oldlipi
by
kevin
ThoolikaTraditional Unicode font
. They work almost perfectly in Windows 95/98, ME, 2000, and XP (especially with Internet Explorer 5 or over). Please download the fonts by following the above links and install them. To install, copy the fonts, open "Fonts" from Control Panel and paste the fonts in the Fonts directory.
Internet Explorer users:
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If you were able to see some letters, you will need to change the font Internet Explorer uses for showing Malayalam Unicode. To do this pull down
Tools
from the menubar in Internet Explorer and follow
Internet Options...
, click on
Fonts
(button). Choose Malayalam in
Language script
first, and choose a Unicode font (AnjaliOlpLipi, Thoolika, Rachana, Karthika etc) in the
Web page font
box. Restart Internet Explorer if it doesn't work the first time around.
Mozilla users:
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It seems you need to turn on
"Indic"
support in Windows 2000. To do this, go to Control Panel in your computer, double click on Regional Options. In General Tab, language settings for the system, check the Indic box and click OK. You may need to restart the machine after doing this. In Windows XP, go to Control Panel in your computer, double click Regional and Language Options, select Languages Tab, under supplemental language support, check the box to install files for complex script and click OK. (Can somebody please confirm this?). In case you are still not able to see Malayalam letters properly in Mozilla, you should select the font Mozilla uses for Unicode by opening from Mozilla's menu bar Edit->Preferences->Appearance->Fonts. Choose "Fonts for:" as Unicode and all typefaces as Rachana_w01 or ThoolikaUnicode.
Firefox Users
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AnjaliOldlipi
works excellent on Firefox. To use it as default font to display Malayalam and Other Languages [from Tools menu > Options item > Content tab > Fonts & Colors section > Advanced button > Select "Malayalam" and set Anjali as font for serif/san-serif/monospace, do the same for Other Languages also.
For users of GNU/Linux
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Malayalam Fonts are available
here
. For installing fonts open your font folder (Open your file browser, type
fonts:///
hit enter) and paste fonts in that folder. Restart any application that may need to use them. Your browser may need to set appropriate font (Font
Rachana
works fine, anyway check
this page
for finding appropriate font for you). Font setting for Firefox browser is available at Edit->Preference->Content->Advanced.
Font
Raghu
renders newly defined
atomic Chillaksharams
. You can also use
these fonts
which has Atomic chillus. If you are reluctant to use fonts which are encoded with atomic chills, use
this
firefox extension to convert newly defined Chillaksharams to old fashion.
Sometimes you have to update your computer for better display of Malayalam. For that try tricks given below after login as a
root
. If these will not fix the problem please contact our
Panchayath
Swathanthra Malayalam Computing
or their
irc chat paltform
this link will work in browser
). A wiki related to
"Malayalam computing"
is available
here
For Debian/Ubuntu/IT@School
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For ubuntu 8.10 and above or Debian lenny and above, there is no need of installing anything separately. All fonts are packaged with them and there is no rendering bugs.
For Older versions of GNU/Linux distributions follow the below steps
Open the file
/etc/apt/sources.list
and add a new line
deb
etch main
. If you are using lenny or sid use
lenny
or
sid
instead of
etch
Open command line/ Terminal and use these commands.
# wget
# apt-key add praveen.key.asc
# apt-get update
# apt-get install suruma
# apt-get install ttf-malayam-fonts
This will fix any rendering problem if there in your system. Then reload/restart your webbrowser/any other program you want to learn the fonts. Set font for the browser.
You can also perform a step by step graphical way using synaptic for correcting Malayalam. Screen shots are available
here
. More help about Ubuntu available
here
For Fedora
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For Fedora 10 onwards, nothing to be done to enable Malayalam. All fonts are packaged and rendering issues are also solved.
For older versions follow these instructions
Download appropriate repo file for your computer (
Fedora 9
Fedora 8
Fedora 7
Fedora 6
). Keep it in the folder
/etc/yum.repos.d
Open command line/ Terminal and use the command
$yum update pango
After executing them set fonts for the browser then restart it. More help available
here
For users of Mac OS X
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Download the
malayalam.ttf
from
this page
Double click the downloaded file to install the font.
More Info
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Setting up your browser for Indic scripts
Wikipedia:Kannada Support
To get more information on how to install fonts, go to this page on the Unicode organization's website.
For any further help, please leave a message in any of the following talk pages:
Sunil's Talk Page
Praveen's Talk Page
Shiju's Talk Page
Jacob's Talk Page
Manjithkaini's Talk Page
Peringz' Talk Page
jigesh's Talk Page
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