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Hi,
I have recently installed Dapper Drake Ubuntu on my system. I was trying to configure it to accept input in Devanagri script for Hindi language, especially in OpenOffice.org. However I am unable to do so as the characters I enter in any of the Devanagri fonts are rendered in English script.
However, when I change the language settings to Hindi in System -> Administration -> Language Support, the menu items are rendered in Hindi properly.
Any suggestions regarding how to configure Ubuntu to accept Hindi input?
I have. And the problem is not restricted to OO alone. I am unable to enter Hindi text in any text editor what so ever. When I try to change the keyboard map to hindi I get the following error message -
Error loading new keyboard description.
Hindi is already installed as the default language. The menu items are correctly rendered in Hindi. The only problem is in Hindi text input. When I try to set the keymap to hindi (or any other language for that matter) I am getting the following error message as mentioned earlier -
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