Ibus layout for Bijoy, in ANSI and Unicode.
Typing in Bangla in ANSI is always a problem. Typing it in Linux adds another level of complexity. This repository holds mim file to write Bangla just like writing in properitory OSes. Here is layout corresponding the Bijoy classic and unicode. It uses the same backend as linux version of Avro ibus-avro, Ibus
I didn't write the mim files. They were collected from here
- Ibus
- Ibus-m17n
- Download the repo
- Run the scrip (root permission required)
- Add the layouts
ibus-setup => Input Method => Add => More => Bangla => bijoyClassic
- Enjoy
LibreOffice cannot detect font when used with ANSI. Manually change the font. Here you can get some ANSI fonts.
The layout is supposed to be licensed under Copyright Act,2000(English). But according to upstream, the linux version is free to use for personal use (see the comments).
The use of this properitory layout is controversial since its inception. The involved company seem to have a very complicted policy. For instances, they suppose to provide a linux version of their product for free but tries to charge 100 BDT but that is not even available in download page. They also has a page dedicated for it but provide no idea how to get that.
(For the starters, the developer is the minister of ICT and he kinda have monopoly in this regard. How come a properitory software be national standard! And also using ANSI is obsolate, and there exists a lot other options if one use Unicode, see).
I have no intention to infringing copyright. If any official notice is provided, I may take down this repository.
P.S.: Multiligualization database m17n-db include a slightly modified unicode layout under the name unijoy (Originally developed by Avro but later removed due to copyright claim).