వికీపీడియా:Setting up your browser for Indic scripts
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[మార్చు] Who should read this?
If you are unable to view or edit Telugu text on Wikipedia, this page is for you. This page contains instructions for setting up your web browser, fonts and keyboard for Telugu on common operating systems. These instructions also apply to setting up your machine for any website with Unicode Telugu content.
[మార్చు] Inputing Latin text on this Telugu Wikipedia
Note that this Wikipedia includes a special Javascript feature which transliterates automatically your Latin keyboard input as if it was entered on a Telugu keyboard, using a simple transliteration scheme, and so you will see Telugu characters instead of the latin letters that your keyboard normally generates.
This is a site-specific feature, which only affects the online Wikipedia page editor, not a change in your system keyboard setting. The transliteration mapping used is specific to this Telugu edition of Wikipedia (other Wikimedia projects may use other transliteration mappings, such as Latin-to-Cyrillic).
If you want to disable this automatic transliteration of your input characters (for example to type words using the Latin script) and use your native Latin-based keyboard, or if you have to input Latin text in this wiki, just press the Escape key in the editor window or disable the checkbox at the top of the Telugu Wikipedia page editor.
You can switch back again to the Latin-to-Telugu transliteration input mode by pressing Esc or by enabling this checkbox again.
This transliteration feature only works online within the Wiki page editor, and only with browsers where Javascript is enabled ; it does not affect other input areas (the search box, the editor comment line) of this edition of Wikipedia, and will not affect the behavior of your browser's address bar, or other plugins and tools of your browser (like the "Search in this page" tool), or any other concurrent applications running on your system.
[మార్చు] Configuring your system for Telugu
While most newer versions of Microsoft Windows and GNU/Linux distributions have basic support for viewing and editing Telugu in Unicode, they still need some configuration to get Telugu working. There are three components critical for browsing Telugu unicode web pages: Font, Web Browser and Keyboard. After setting up a font and web browser, you will be able to read the articles on the Wikipedia. If you need to search, edit articles or participate in the discussion, you will need to setup your keyboard to input Telugu text. Follow the instructions for your operating system to setup these components.
[మార్చు] What is your Operating System?
Windows 98
Windows 2000
GNU/Linux or Linux
Windows XP
Windows Server 2003
Mac
[మార్చు] External Links
- How to enable Indian Language Support at OS level? - has detailed (with screenshots) instructions on enabling Indian language support in Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
- Microsoft's Phonetic Input tool has support for Telugu transliteration (RTS), you can download and install the tool.
- Windows users can also use Aksharamala instead.
The following apps which feature a built-in RTS Layout can also be used in which case you will have to cut-and-paste transliterated text from the program:
- Swecha - GNU/Linux Telugu Localization Effort - has information on setting up Telugu support for GNU/Linux.
- Setting up your browser for Kannada support - an article from Kannada Wikipedia on enabling Kannada support on browsers.
- Setting up your browser for Hindi support - an article from Hindi Wikipedia on enabling Hindi support on browsers.
- Display Problems - information on Unicode site about viewing Unicode text.
- IndLinux Wiki
- Taming the Dragon - has updates on Indian language support in Mozilla and Mozilla binaries with Indian language support
- IIIMF Howto - has information on setting up IIIMF input method.
- Font Installation Howto
- Keyboard Switching in X Server Howto
- Keyboard Layout Switching in GNOME and KDE Howto
- Inscript Hindi Keymap Howto - has information on learning the Inscript Hindi keyboard layout.
- Baraha - is a free word processing application for creating documents in Indian languages.
- Aksharamala has a free edition for personal use
- Telugutoolbar is a free plugin for Firefox browser to type in WYSIWYG fashion.
- Note: the default distribution of Firefox does not include the support for rendering the Telugu script properly, even if the system is installed with the correct Opentype fonts; you need to install such optional Telugu plugin for Firefox to work properly with the Telugu script.
- IT Dept's free Telugu Software

