[KDE-India] ktouch enhancement for Indian languages

[Vivek Rai]

Guys,

most Indian language keyboards are very complex, and ktouch (part of kdeedu
package) can be very valuable in learning to type in Indian langauges.

I tried developing keyboard files for the devanagri inscript and phonetic
keyboards, but I came across a problem.

ktouch is designed for latin/greek/cyrillic derived alphabets. It ASSUMES a
concept of uppercase and lowercase alphabets, which is not really applicable
to the asian languages (which actually need an app like ktouch even more!)

I raised the following "wishlist" for the same.

http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=118656

Now, I havent managed to get a proper kde build environment on my PC, and am
very rusty on c++ (not having used it for a while now), Maybe one of you
could give this a shot?

This change would enable ktouch to be useful for teaching Indian language
typing for new users. (and I can quickly generate some keyboard files etc)

Else, if you dont fancy doing c++/qt programming yourself, you can always
contribute to KDE by providing suggestions, (for example, for this "bug")
etc.

Let me know if you need more details for this particular "bug". (I can send
the keyboard files and lessions I had created for Hindi typing)

Thanks,
Vivek
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