Typing of Pali Language in Ubuntu 10.04

Enable iBus

• From Menu, System -> Administration -> Language Support
• Under "Keyboard input method system" choose ibus

Create a new input method file for transliteration

gksudo gedit /usr/share/m17n/sa-translit.mim

The following is the complete content of the file which can be easily copied and pasted and changed according to your taste. Save it, before closing the file:

;;; sa-translit.mim
;;;
;;; Input method for Sanskrit transliteration using the ITRANS scheme.

(input-method t sa-translit)

(title "sa-translit")

(map
(trans

("aa" "ā")
("AA" "Ā")
("ii" "ī")
("II" "Ī")
("uu" "ū")
("UU" "Ū")
(".r" "ṛ")
(".R" "Ṛ")
(".rr" "ṝ")
(".RR" "Ṝ")
(".l" "ḷ")
(".L" "Ḷ")
(".ll" "ḹ")
(".LL" "Ḹ")
(".M" "ṁ")
(".m" "ṃ")
(".h" "ḥ")
(".H" "Ḥ")
(";n" "ṅ")
(";N" "Ṅ")
("~n" "ñ")
("~N" "Ñ")
(".t" "ṭ")
(".T" "Ṭ")
(".d" "ḍ")
(".D" "Ḍ")
(".n" "ṇ")
(".N" "Ṇ")
(";s" "ś")
(";S" "Ś")
(".s" "ṣ")
(".S" "Ṣ")
))

(state
(init
(trans))) 

Add Sa-translit to IBus

From menu, System -> Preferences -> IBus Preferences -> add input method: under the "Other" category, choose "sa-translit".

Typing Pali

If you want to type in Pali switch to "sa-translit" (keyboard sign) and use the following key combinations:

ITRANS Method

aa = ā
AA = Ā
ii = ī
II = Ī
uu = ū
UU = Ū
.r = ṛ
.R = Ṛ
.rr = ṝ
.RR = Ṝ
.l = ḷ
.L = Ḷ
.ll = ḹ
.LL = Ḹ
.M = ṁ
.m = ṃ
.h = ḥ
.H = Ḥ
;n = ṅ
;N = Ṅ
~n = ñ
~N = Ñ
.t = ṭ
.T = Ṭ
.d = ḍ
.D = Ḍ
.n = ṇ
.N = Ṇ
;s = ś
;S = Ś
.s = ṣ
.S = Ṣ