Hi Am in the process of installing Ubuntu Ultimate 2.5 on some friends Lenovo B450 laptops, installation etc all successful. Wanted to install hindi language pack and all things to do with hindi so that they could also log on using hindi menu's etc.
I installed the supposed language packs. but this seems to not have be enabled, logged in and out and even restarted the computer but hindi language option is not available. Initially i had typed out a mail to ask for help but the mail would'nt go so searched around and found in preferences System - preferences - Language support on accessing this it asks whether you want to enable language support - it shows almost every language under the sun (and i think some under the moon as well) am not sure this is a good idea, just an overload of stuff . So i said remind me later (that i don't need all this) Once this window goes off there is another in window at the bacl For My menus and windows use : For everyone at Startup and login use There is a keep the same box Keyboard Input method has a few options and there there is a loop back to install language Initially i wondered if selecting any language other than english would wreck my system and make it difficult to navigate / type in passwords etc. However I unchecked the "keep the same box" and in the For my menus and windows use - I selected hindi In the for others i kept it as english (india) I logged out and voila once i select a user (in my case the default user) i get the option on the lower left to choose between english and hindi (bharat) Luckily the menus etc change not the input method - which continues to remain english. Fo those who may not know the method to change the input langauge is controlled by System - Preferences - Keyboard - Layouts - Add (and then add your language of choice) For Hindi it is simply India India (if you want the inscript keyboard) for other hindi input methods choose accordingly (or for your language of preference) One can control how the keyboard changes by specifying in layout options. In my computer i have enabled left menu for hindi and right windows key for english i have also added a short cut to my top panel (right click on panel and select keyboard indicator) pressing on this loo[ps through all the languages one has installed. I have 2 so its just one click to change languages. hope this is useful to some ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
