[ubuntu-in] [FYI] Indian Rupee Symbol “₹” Support In Ubuntu with Keyboard Mapping With “AltGr + 4″ and “India With RupeeSign” Keyboard Layout

[Hardik Dalwadi]

> Hi
>
> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Hardik Dalwadi
> <hardik.dalwadi at ubuntu.com <mailto:hardik.dalwadi at ubuntu.com>> wrote:
>
>    [FYI]
>    Indian Rupee Symbol “₹” Support In Ubuntu with Keyboard Mapping With
>    “AltGr + 4″ and “India With RupeeSign” Keyboard Layout |
>
> http://hardik.in/2011/02/16/indian-rupee-symbol-support-in-ubuntu-with-keyboard-mapping-with-altgr-4-and-india-with-rupee-sign-keyboard-layout/
>
>
> That is good news -
>
> however had some questions
>
> from the article and how to setup  through keyboard prefereces there is
> this point
> Quote
> "6. Default tab would be “By Country”, Choose “India” as Country and
> “India With RupeeSign” as variants, it would be last in the list" end quote
>
> At present when we choose india - it would mean the hindi /devnagari script
>
> So if we choose "India with rupee sign" keyboard layout  what does it
> mean - apart from the sign. To clarify further - by default i think most
> of us have the US english keyboard as our starting point (and this is a
> keyboard layout that types english) so is the India with rupee keyboard

@ Ram,

Exactly, It's just US International Keyboard Layout with Rupee Symbol
enabled @ 3rd Level, achieved using AltGr + 4. Also you can use this
keyboard layout with any input system. For example if your input system
is Hindi, still it should give same result.

> Will it mean my english keyboard will be similar to the us keyboard layout ??

Yes, as i said above.

> thanks
>
> ram

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