ne-trad-ttf

nepali traditional layouts mostly compatible with preeti, kantipur like ttf fonts. detailed description here

installation instructions for Windows

• download ne-ttf.zip from windows/bin directory
• extract and run setup.exe
• Go to control panel->Regional settings->Keyboards and languages
• new keyboard layout should be available under Nepali language named Nepali Traditional TTF
• detailed instructions
• Use Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator to build src for in klc folder

installation instructions for Linux

v1.2 is now included in m17n-db 1.8 so this layout should be be already present in most distributions if you use ibus or fcitx v1.3 includes ऱ for eyelash half RA as in पऱ्यो, to use it, install manually.

Installing manually

• install packages ibus and ibus-m17n or fcitx and fcitx-m17n
• download latest distribution tar ball from releases and run this command sudo tar xzf linux-ne-trad-ttf.tar.gz -C /usr/share/m17n. This will :
  • copy ne-trad-ttf.mim to /usr/share/m17n (installation dir of m17n-db)
  • copy ne-trad-ttf.png to /usr/share/m17n/icons
• Restart IBus engine from from IBus applet or from terminal:

# Restart IBus
$ ibus restart
# OR if that does not work 
$ ibus-daemon -R -d

• new layout should be available under IBus preferences. You can access the IBus preferences by right clicking on IBus applet or from terminal:

$ ibus-setup

• detailed instructions

layout image

• Original template taken from Keyboard_layout_Zhuyin.svg credited to Sakurambo
• edited and png rendered using Inkscape