This project is by Sikhs and for Sikhs everywhere. It is being worked on with reverence and pride that can only come from working on a language of great Kings, Poets, Gurus and Pirs. Everyone will have a chance to share this pride and when it's completed every word in punjabi langauge of every dialect will be indexed on the World Wide Web. Sikhs will know what the words mean, how to use them and how to pronounce them. Sat Nam!
This is from PCRC (Punjabi Computing Resource Center)'s web site...AWESOME!
posted by ricky at 12:06 AM
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Check out the keyboard layout here.
It's very good and very intuitive!
The Punjabi Computing Center people are doing sterling work.
People might also find this post helpful
http://m-singh.blogspot.com/2005/10/displaying-in-web-pages.html
You may wish to consider putting the link in the post -:)
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Thanks for your comments gurinder Ji, I will have a good read a little later - I've transferred your post to my blog as well.
Please let me know if you are still unable to post any comments there.
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Hopefully it's now fixed
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Isingh,
I had a few ideas or questions on the Gurmukhi project and you will probably know if they are doable or if I am way out of league:
1) what if you can scan or use an exisiting file that has Gurmukhi and then sort all lettres based on alphabet. I don't know if it is really possible since I don't know if there is such a program that can sort text based on Gurmukhi alphabet.
2) Instead of just a few team members tackling and spending time on finding meanings to the words, just put it online so all gurmukhs can add meanings and definitions to each word and finally a panel of 5 judges (the Panj Piaray) can actually decide which definition best fits the word and include the one with most votes in the dictionary. This will save time and effort almost exponentially.
I hope I am making sense and I really don't know if the technically it is all possible or what prorams would have to be bought, written or something. But It is a thought and I am just trying to help the team.
Hi manjit! sorry it took so long to reply back. my internet at home is acting really stupid. it seems like i can only go to mrsikhnet...
but i'm working on getting more people involved in this. actually i met someone who thinks a lot like you and your ideas. he has an idea that's a lot like yours. i'll ask him to come here and show it to you guys.
sorry again for the late reply.
Windows and Office programs such as Excel 2003 can sort Gurmukhi text fine as long as it is in Unicode.
ਿੲਕ ਿਸੰਘ - Your name isn't set up properly, it should be ਇਕ ਸਿੰਘ. Anyone with proper Gurmukhi support set up on their PC will not be able to read what you've written properly.
thanks ann! i know. when i'm at work on 2000 it's fine. but on my laptop it's not. (laptop is where it's setup properly).
i'll change it...one of these days...
Use IE6 at work and it should also be fine :D
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