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Wikipedia heavily uses diverse scripts from numerous languages. It has adopted Unicode (UTF-8) as the "encoding" scheme for its websites. In order to view this Assamese version of Wikipedia, you need to have your computer set up to see web pages encoded in Unicode Assamese scripts. To do this, you need to have a Unicode capable browser and Unicode Assamese fonts. Modern browsers following web standards like Internet Explorer[1], Opera[2], Safari[3], and Firefox[4] support viewing Assamese scripts once you enable unicode support in your operating system and install the fonts.

[সম্পাদন কৰক] Check for existing support

The following image shows you how a correctly enabled computer will render the Assamese script:
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The following line of text shows how your computer renders the above line:
ক + ি → কি

If the rendering on your computer matches the rendering on the image, then you have already enabled complex text support for Bangla and should be able to view text correctly in Bangla script. However, this does not mean you will be able to edit text in Bangla. To edit such text you need to install the appropriate keyboard software on your operating system. হি গুতেন্ তগ্ ইছ্ ৱিল্ল্ মেইনে ১.৫০০ এউৰো হবেন্ নবোন্ নোৰৃৱেগেন্ হিন্দেন্বুৰৃগ্স্ত্ৰৃ ৪৯ ইন্ ৭১৭১১ মুৰৃৰৃ অন্ দেৰৃ মুৰৃৰৃ গেৰৃম্. লেত্।তে ঔফ্ফোৰৃদেৰৃন্গ্ অন্ গন্। নোৰৃগে.সোন্স্ত্ ক্নল্ল্ত্ এস্

[সম্পাদন কৰক] Windows XP (Service Pack 2)

[সম্পাদন কৰক] Viewing

Go through the following steps:

Download the latest version of Internet Explorer(IE7), Opera(Opera 9) or Firefox browser(Firefox 2.0 or later)
Download Unicode Assamese fonts from the web and install them on your operating system; quite a few of these fonts are freely available. please go below to see a list of web locations that house such fonts.
Go to control panel -> Regional and Language Options -> Language, and check the "Install files for complex scripts and right-to-left languages" option. You will need your Windows XP SP2 installer CD to install these new files.
Install Assamese support on your browsers:
- On Internet Explorer 6: Go to Tools -> Internet Options -> General -> Languages, and add Bengali as a language.
- On Firefox 1.5: Go to Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> General -> Edit Languages..., and add Bengali as a language.
Go to your browser's "view" menu and set the "character encoding" or "encoding" feature to: Unicode (UTF-8).
If you want to change to a favourite Assamese Unicode font for your webpages:
- For Internet Explorer 6: Go to Tools-->Internet options-->Fonts, choose Bengali from the Language Script pulldown menu and select from one of the available Assamese fonts in your system.
- For Firefox 1.5: Go to Tools -> Options -> Content tab -> Advanced... in the Fonts and colors section. In the pop up window titled "Fonts", select Bengali from the "Fonts for:" pulldown Menu and set a Bengali font of your choice for various kinds of fields like Serif, Sans Serif, Monospace, etc. to be shown on web-pages.
- For Opera 9: Go to Tools -> Prefereces -> Advanced tab -> Fonts>International fonts>choose assamese from drop down list. Select Assamese font of your choice. In most of the cases, opera automatically detects your support for unicode onece you have it in operating systems and installed fonts. So, you may not require the steps above.

[সম্পাদন কৰক] Inputting

Go to Start -> Control Panel -> Regional and Language Options -> Language, and check the option “Install files for complex scripts and right-to-left languages" and insert Win XP CD in your CD-ROM drive to install the files.
Download and install any Bangla input interface software from the list provided near the end of this article.
Follow the help guide/manual that comes with the applications for instructions on how to input Bangla. You should be able to input anywhere you need to type bangla provided the application is unicode compliant. Ideally, you should also be able to input Bengali directly into the edit window of this wiki in your browser.

[সম্পাদন কৰক] Windows 95, 98, ME and NT

These operating systems contain no support for Bangla script. Downloading Internet Explorer 6.0 should enable you to view Bangla scripts on these operating systems but you will not be able to edit any Bangla text. If after downloading Internet Explorer, you still cannot view Indic scripts please install an appropriate Unicode Bangla font.

Mozilla Firefox does not support Bangla script on these operating systems.However, Internet explorer and Opera [5] does support bangla script on any operating system that supports complex scripts and unicode.

ট্ঙ্ ট্ব্ ট্ষ্ ঙ্ ছৃওষ্ষ্ডৃঐষ্ষৈঋ ৱোৰৃল্দ্ৱিদে হন্দ্য্নুম্মেৰৃ ০০৪৯০১৬২৪৭০৩৮৮৭ হৌগ্ৱেগ্১১ ইন্ ৭১৭১১ মুৰৃৰৃ অন্ দেৰৃ মুৰৃৰৃ অল্ল্ চোম্প্লেত্ল্য্ চ্লোসেদ্ স্ত্ৰোম্ ইন্তেৰৃনেত্ৱেবল্ল্ল্ল্ল্লেস্ চ্লোসেদ্ তেলেফোনে

[সম্পাদন কৰক] Windows Vista

Assamese script support is automatically enabled.

[সম্পাদন কৰক] Viewing

You do not need to do anything to enable viewing of Bangla text.

[সম্পাদন কৰক] Inputting

You can use any unicode compliant standard input methods.

[সম্পাদন কৰক] Mac OS X

Unicode support is built into Mac OS X. You need to download and install Bangla unicode supported fonts with Apple Advance Typography (AAT) to enable it. You can download some of them from Ekushey.Org. To view unicode Bangla web pages use Safari as your browser. Currently Firefox/Mozilla/Camino do not support AAT. As a result you will not see Bangla properly on those browsers. To input Bangla you have to download unicode Bangla keyboard layouts. You can download some of the layouts from Ekushey.Org.

[সম্পাদন কৰক] Gnome

[সম্পাদন কৰক] Viewing

You do not need to do anything to enable viewing of Indic text in Gnome 2.8 or later. Ensure you have Bangla Unicode fonts.

When using Mozilla or Firefox, you must enable Pango rendering by opening xterm and typing MOZ_ENABLE_PANGO=1 mozilla or MOZ_ENABLE_PANGO=1 firefox. After this, all future sessions of Mozilla or Firefox will have Bangla language support. This will work only on Firefox compiled with ctl support. Only the firefox binaries supplied by Fedora Core 4 and Ubuntu Linux are compiled with this ctl and set this option, by default.

[সম্পাদন কৰক] Inputting

Go to Applications > Preferences > Keyboard.
Select the "Layouts" tab.
Select the keyboard for the language or script you wish to use from the "Available Layouts" frame and then press "Add".
Press "Close" to discard the dialog box.

Right click on the main menu on your desktop and select "Add to Panel...".
Select "Keyboard Indicator" and click "Add".
Position the keyboard indicator on your menu bar and click it to switch between keyboard layouts.

[সম্পাদন কৰক] KDE

[সম্পাদন কৰক] Viewing

You do not need to do anything to enable viewing of Indic text. Ensure you have appropriate Unicode fonts for each script you wish to view or edit.

[সম্পাদন কৰক] Inputting

In the Control Center, go to Regional & Accessibility, Keyboard Layout
In the tab Layout, click on Enable keyboard layouts
Choose the layout you want in Available layouts
Click on Apply
Now, you will have an icon for the KDE Keyboard Tool in your panel, in which you can choose the layout you want

[সম্পাদন কৰক] Locations of free unicode bangla fonts

[সম্পাদন কৰক] List of software/resources that enable writing in unicode Bangla

(Alphabetically)

[সম্পাদন কৰক] Windows

Akkhor Bangla Software from Dream Door Soft
Avro Keyboard from OmicronLab
Bengali Input Method Editor from Microsoft's BhashaIndia
Ekusheyr Shadhinota from Ekushey
Shabdik from iecb
Web-E-Bangla from Bdjobs.com
Web-E-BanglaExact from Bdjobs.com

[সম্পাদন কৰক] Linux

[সম্পাদন কৰক] Viewing Tips

[সম্পাদন কৰক] Solution for the small fonts problem

If you think the font size is too small, you can use the "text size"http://as.wikipedia.org/"zoom" feature of your browser to enlarge it. The methods for increasing "text-size" in different browsers are as follows:

Firefox 1.5: Go to View->Text size->Increase; OR, hold down Control, and press "+"
Internet Explorer 6: Go to View->Text size->Larger(or, Largest)
Opera 9: Go to View->Zoom-> (select %); OR, press "+" for a 10% increase.