To Bong or Not to Bong - Installing Bangla Script Support
Was talking to a friend of mine recently. Asked her whether her system had 'Bangla Script Display Support' (i.e. if she can view webpages and documents written in Bengali). Her reply: "It's not important."
Kinda sad, u know, considering one doesn't consider his/her mother-tongue 'important' these days. Well, in that respect: is music important? is art important? is being opinionated important? is acknowledging one's cultural roots important?
Not important enough, I guess. It's not hip. It won't help you in getting that hot IT job, become a rockstar or get you laid, for that matter.
But it's just a couple of freaking steps away, man! :
In Windows XP* (support's already there by default in Vista):
1)Go to Control Panel (Switch to Classic View) -> Regional and Language Options ('Date, Time, Language and Regional Options' in Standard View)-> Click on the 'Languages' Tab
2) Select BOTH the options in the "Supplemental Language Support" Section ('Install files from complex scripts' and 'Install files for East Asian Languages' - select i.e. check them both)
3) You'll need a Windows XP installation CD (any one will do, need not necessarily be the CD you installed Win XP from).
Mozilla Firefox:
1) Go to Preferences->Advanced
2) On the 'General' tab, in the Languages Section, click on 'Choose..'
3) Select Bengali [BN] from the drop down menu and Add it.
In GNU/Linux :
It's there already (pick up any decently new distro; I'm sure that at least in Debian it's there since time immemorial).
That's it! Your system is now all set to display Bangla Scripts (Check out my awesome Bangla Blog - it should come properly.)
For further details, check out this wiki-page.
For writing in Bengali, lotsa software are there. I recommend ISIS for Windows and Muktalekhaa for Linux . ISIS also works decently on Mandrake and Red-hat. I use Muktalekhaa in my Kubuntu Gutsy setup and it works like a breeze.
It's such a simple thing. I believe every Bengali who cares to walk on the information highway should have Bangla support on his/her computer.If not for anything else, then at least to pay some homage to your roots.
It's your matreebhasha, after all.
Bangla Gutsy
*the process described works for most of the Indian languages too.
Kinda sad, u know, considering one doesn't consider his/her mother-tongue 'important' these days. Well, in that respect: is music important? is art important? is being opinionated important? is acknowledging one's cultural roots important?
Not important enough, I guess. It's not hip. It won't help you in getting that hot IT job, become a rockstar or get you laid, for that matter.
But it's just a couple of freaking steps away, man! :
In Windows XP* (support's already there by default in Vista):
1)Go to Control Panel (Switch to Classic View) -> Regional and Language Options ('Date, Time, Language and Regional Options' in Standard View)-> Click on the 'Languages' Tab
2) Select BOTH the options in the "Supplemental Language Support" Section ('Install files from complex scripts' and 'Install files for East Asian Languages' - select i.e. check them both)
3) You'll need a Windows XP installation CD (any one will do, need not necessarily be the CD you installed Win XP from).
Mozilla Firefox:
1) Go to Preferences->Advanced
2) On the 'General' tab, in the Languages Section, click on 'Choose..'
3) Select Bengali [BN] from the drop down menu and Add it.
In GNU/Linux :
It's there already (pick up any decently new distro; I'm sure that at least in Debian it's there since time immemorial).
That's it! Your system is now all set to display Bangla Scripts (Check out my awesome Bangla Blog - it should come properly.)
For further details, check out this wiki-page.
For writing in Bengali, lotsa software are there. I recommend ISIS for Windows and Muktalekhaa for Linux . ISIS also works decently on Mandrake and Red-hat. I use Muktalekhaa in my Kubuntu Gutsy setup and it works like a breeze.
It's such a simple thing. I believe every Bengali who cares to walk on the information highway should have Bangla support on his/her computer.If not for anything else, then at least to pay some homage to your roots.
It's your matreebhasha, after all.
Bangla Gutsy*the process described works for most of the Indian languages too.
posted by Suryadeep at
6:13 AM
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