Fix Khmer Unicode Typing in Ubuntu 11.x
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Currently Ubuntu 11.x does not allow for all Khmer vowels to be correctly typed. If you’ve had trouble typing Khmer in Ubuntu, try this solution and see if it works – it should allow the NiDA keyboard that comes with Ubuntu to be fully used.
Here’s how it can be fixed:
1. Type
sudo gedit /etc/environment
2. Add a line
GTK_IM_MODULE=xim
3. Save and close.
4.Then in terminal type:
sudo gedit /usr/share/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8/Compose
5. Gedit should open, search for Khmer and make sure the following exists (if not, copy and paste it in):
#
# Khmer digraphs
#
<U17ff> : “ាំ”
<U17fe> : “ោះ”
<U17fd> : “េះ”
<U17fc> : “ុំ”
<U17fb> : “ុះ”
6. Save and reboot.
And that’s it! Let us know if you have any trouble in the comments.
Fix Khmer Unicode Display Problem in OpenOffice | ដោះស្រាយបញ្ហា ការបង្ហាញពុម្ពអក្សរយូនីកូដខ្មែរ នៅក្នុង OpenOffice
Are Khmer Unicode characters displaying incorrectly in OpenOffice? When you use a Khmer spelling checker do squares show up intermingled with Khmer script? The problem is the default GUI font does not contain all the characters of the Khmer Script.
1) To fix the display problem go to Tools>Options…>OpenOffice .org>View and uncheck “Use system font for interface”.
2) Then go to Tools>Options…>OpenOffice .org>Fonts and check “Apply replacement table”. Type “Andale Sans UI” in the box under “Font” (it isn’t in the list) and then select a font that contains a full Khmer character set under “Replace with” (we recommend using the Khmer SBBIC System font).
3) Click the green tick mark.
4) Then go to Tools>Options…>OpenOffice.org>View and make sure that “Use system font for user interface” is NOT checked and click “OK”
Then (if needed) re-boot OpenOffice and it all should look great!
Also, if you see gray spaces between words (they are non-breaking spaces), just click on the “View” menu and choose “Field Shadings” to disable them (or Ctrl+F8).
តើ តួពុម្ពអក្សរយូនីកូដខ្មែរ ត្រូវបានបង្ហាញមិនបានត្រឹមត្រូវមែនទេនៅក្នុង OpenOffice របស់លោកអ្នក? នៅពេលដែលលោកអ្នកប្រើ ឧបករណ៍ពិនិត្យអក្ខរាវិរុទ្ធខ្មែរ ដើម្បីពិនិត្យអត្ថបទ តើ លោកអ្នក ឃើញមាន ប្រអប់ការេ បង្ហាញលាយជាមួយអក្សរខ្មែរ ទេ?
បញ្ហានេះបន្ទាលមកពីលក្ខណទូទៅរបស់ប្រភេទពុម្ពអក្សរ GUI (default GUI font)ដែលមិនមាននូវតួអក្សរខ្មែរគ្រប់ទាំងអស់។
១) ដើម្បីដោះស្រាយបញ្ហាការបង្ហាញអក្សរខ្មែរមិនបានត្រឹមត្រូវសូម ទៅកាន់ Tools>Options…>OpenOffice.org>View រួចសូមដកសញ្ញាធីកដើម្បីមិនជ្រើសរើស នូវ “Use system font for interface”។
២) បន្ទាប់មកសូមទៅកាន់ Tools>Options…>OpenOffice.org>Fonts រួចគូសធីកសំរាប់ “Apply replacement table”។ វាយ “Andale Sans UI” ទៅក្នុងប្រអប់ខាងក្រោម “Font” (វាមិនស្ថិតក្នុងតារាងនោះទេ) ហើយបន្ទាប់មកជ្រើសរើស ប្រភេទអក្សរមួយដែលមានតួអក្សរខ្មែរមួយពេញលេញដែលត្រូវបានដាក់ខាងក្រោម “Replacement with” ( Khmer SBBIC System ល្អប្រើ)។
៣) សូមចុចលើ សញ្ញាធីកពណ៌បៃតង។
៤) បន្ទាប់មកសូមទៅកាន់ Tools>Options…>OpenOffice.org>View ហើយសូមបញ្ជាក់ថា “Use system font for user interface” មិនត្រូវបានគូសធីកជ្រើសរើស រួចហើយសូមចុច “OK”។ រួចសូម re-boot OpenOffice (ប្រសិនជាចាំបាច់) ហើយអត្ថបទភាសាខ្មែររបស់លោកអ្នកនឹងមើលទៅប្រសើរជាងមុន។
ផងដែរនោះ បើសិនលោកអ្នកឃើញចន្លោះពណ៌ប្រផេះរវាងតួអក្សរសូម ចុច លើ “View” menu ហើយជ្រើសរើស “Field Shadings” ដើម្បីបំបាត់នូវចន្លោះទាំងនោះ(ឬក៏លោកអ្នកអាច ចុច Ctrl និង F8)។
How to Install Khmer Unicode on Windows 7 | របៀបដំឡើង ពុម្ពអក្សរយូនីកូដខ្មែរ លើ Windows 7:
Actually Khmer Unicode does not need to be installed on Windows 7. Without making any changes any text you view in Khmer will appear, but will be mostly unreadable because of its small size.
Here is a sample of what Khmer Unicode looks like in Windows 7 when you look on a website (in this case sbbic.org) before any changes are made:
Also, title bars are difficult to read:
So how do we make it so that Windows 7 will display Khmer Unicode correctly and allow you to type in Khmer?
First, download this collection of Khmer Unicode fonts (we collected some of the main Khmer Unicode fonts available into one .zip file for easy download). After you download them, extract the files to a folder and then select all the fonts and then right click and choose “Install” (pictured below):
Once all the fonts are installed download the SBBIC Khmer Unicode Keyboard so that you will be able to type in Khmer. Our keyboard is based on the Khmer OS keyboard with a few slight modifications. It will work with both 32-bit and 64-bit systems. Download the SBBIC Khmer Unicode Keyboard here.
After downloading, extract the .zip file and double-click on setup:
You will also find the SBBIC Khmer Keyboard Layout in the “KhmerKeyboard_SBBIC_1.0.pdf file that you can use for reference when learning to type in Khmer Unicode.
Now that you have installed many of the most used Khmer Unicode fonts and a keyboard, you will find that many websites (such as sbbic.org) will display in Khmer correctly. But title bars are still difficult to read.
In order to change the Khmer font used in title bars you will need to make some changes to the Windows registry. Please make a backup of your registry before attempting to make any changes (to backup your registry click the start menu and type “regedit” The Windows registry editor will appear, then click the file menu and click “Export” and export your registry to a safe location).
You can download this zip file (from nokorsoft.com) that includes the file “fixWindows7.reg” which will make the changes for you or you can manually make the changes. If you download the zip file extract its contents and double-click the file baned “fixWindows7″ and accept the changes to your registry. Or you can make the following changes yourself:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts]
“Daunpenh (TrueType)”=-
“Khmer UI (TrueType)”=-
“Khmer UI Bold (TrueType)”=-
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontSubstitutes]
“DaunPenh”=”Khmer OS System”
“Khmer UI”=”Khmer OS System”
“Khmer UI Bold”=”Khmer OS System”
Now restart your computer and everything should be running smoothly! Now websites in Khmer should display perfectly as this screenshot:
Next, install the Khmer Spelling Checker and also try out the new Khmer Grammar Checker!
តាមពិតទៅ យើងមិនចាំបាច់ដំឡើង ពុម្ពអក្សរខ្មែរ Khmer Unicode នៅលើ Windows 7 ឡើយ។យើងអាចមើលអត្ថបទ ជាភាសាខ្មែរទាំង ឡាយបានលើ Windows 7 ក៏ប៉ុន្តែភាគច្រើនអត្ថបទទាំងនោះមិនអាចអានដាច់បាន ដោយទំហំអក្សររបស់ពួកវាតូចៗពេក។
រូបខាងក្រោមនេះបង្ហាញពី ពុម្ពអក្សរយូនីកូដខ្មែរ លើ Windows 7 លើទំព័រអ៊ីនធឺណិត នៅមុនពេលវាត្រូវបានកែប្រែ៖
ផងដែរនោះរបារតូចៗក៏ពិបាកនឹងអាន៖
ដូចច្នេះតើយើងត្រូវធ្វើយ៉ាងដូចម្ដេចទៅដើម្បីអោយ Windows 7 បង្ហាញ ពុម្ពអក្សរយូនីកូដខ្មែរ យ៉ាងត្រឹមត្រូវ ហើយយើងក៏អាចវាយអក្សរខ្មែរបាននោះ ?
ដំបូងសូមទាញយក ប្រភេទអក្សរខ្មែរ ជាច្រើន (ពួកយើងបានធ្វើការប្រមូលផ្តុំ ប្រភេទអក្សរខ្មែរចំបងៗ ដែលអាចរកបាន ដាក់ក្នុង ឯកសារ ប្រភេទ .zip file មួយដើម្បីអោយងាយស្រួលក្នុងការទាញយក)។បន្ទាប់ពីលោកអ្នកទាញយកពួកវាហើយសូមទាញយកឯកសារទាំងនេះទៅជាសំណុំឯកសារមួយ(folder) រួច select ឯកសារប្រភេទអក្សរទាំងអស់ ហើយ យកមៅស្តាំដើម្បីចុច (right-click)រួចជ្រើសរើស “Install” ដើម្បីដំឡើង(សូមមើលរូបខាងក្រោម)៖
នៅពេលដែលប្រភេទពុម្ពអក្សរទាំងអស់ត្រូវបានដំឡើងរួចរាល់ សូមទាញយក Khmer Unicode Keyboard របស់ ស.ស.ឈ.ន.ក ដើម្បីនឹងអាចវាយជាភាសាខ្មែរបាន។ តារាងអក្សររបស់ពួកយើងយោងទៅតាមតារាងអក្សរ Khmer OS ដោយមានការកែប្រែបន្តិចបន្តួច។ វានឹងមានដំណើរការល្អជាមួយទាំងប្រព័ន្ធ 32-bit និង 64-bit។ សូមទាញយក Khmer Unicode Keyboard របស់ ស.ស.ឈ.ន.ក ត្រង់នេះ។
បន្ទាប់ពីការទាញយករួច សូមដកយក ពីឯកសារ .zip file និង ចុចត្រួត លើ ឯកសារឈ្មោះ setup ៖
លោកអ្នកនិងរកឃើញផងដែរនូវ Khmer Keyboard Layout របស់ ស.ស.ឈ.ន.ក ក្នុង ឯកសារឈ្មោះ KhmerKeyboard_SBBIC_1.0.pdf ដែលអ្នកអាចប្រើជាឯកសារយោងនៅពេលអ្នកវាយពុម្ពអក្សរខ្មែរ Khmer Unicode។
ដោយអ្នកបានដំឡើង ប្រភេទអក្សរ ភាគច្រើនក្នុងចំណោមប្រភេទអក្សរដែលគេប្រើច្រើនបំផុត និង ខ្ទង់សំរាប់ចុចមួយ (keyboard) លោកអ្នកនឹងឃើញថា គេហទំព័រជាច្រើនដែលមានអក្សរខ្មែរ បង្ហាញនូវអក្សរខ្មែរយ៉ាងត្រឹមត្រូវ។ ប៉ុន្តែបារចំណងជើងនៅតូចពេកក្នុងការអាន។ ដើម្បីប្ដូរនូវពុម្ពអក្សរខ្មែរដែលត្រូវបានប្រើក្នុងរបារចំណងជើងលោកអ្នកមានការចាំបាច់ក្នុងការកែប្រែខ្លះនូវ Windows registry។ សូមធ្វើការចំលងទុកនូវ registry របស់លោកអ្នកមុនពេលធ្វើការកែប្រែណាមួយ (ដើម្បីចំលងទុក registry របស់លោកអ្នកសូមចុច start menu រួចវាយ “regedit” Windows registry editor នឹងបើកឡើង។ បន្ទាប់មកសូមចុចលើ file menu រួចចុចលើ “Export” រួចនាំទាញចេញ registry របស់លោកអ្នកទៅកាន់កន្លែងដែលមានសុវត្ថិភាព)។
លោកអ្នកអាច ទាញយកឯកសារប្រភេទ zip file នេះ (ពី nokorsoft.com) ដែលរួមបញ្ចូលឯកសារ “fixWindows7.reg” ដែលនឹងធ្វើការកែប្រែ អោយអ្នក រឺលោកអ្នកអាចធ្វើការកែប្រែផ្ទាល់ដៃដោយខ្លួនឯង។ បើសិនជាលោកអ្នកទាញយកឯកសារនេះសូម ដកយកឯកសារខាងក្នុងវា (extract) រួចចុចត្រួចលើឯកសារ ឈ្មោះ “fixWindows7″ និងបន្ទាប់មកសូមទទួលយល់ព្រមចំពោះការកែប្រែនូវ registry របស់អ្នក។ រឺលោកអ្នកអាចធ្វើការកែប្រែផ្នែកមួយចំនួនខាងក្រោមនេះដោយខ្លួនឯង៖
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts]
“Daunpenh (TrueType)”=-
“Khmer UI (TrueType)”=-
“Khmer UI Bold (TrueType)”=-
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontSubstitutes]
“DaunPenh”=”Khmer OS System”
“Khmer UI”=”Khmer OS System”
“Khmer UI Bold”=”Khmer OS System”
ឥឡូវនេះសូម restart កុំព្យូទ័ររបស់អ្នក ហើយអ្វីៗគួរតែមានទំនើរការល្អ! ក្នុងពេលនេះ គេហទំព័រជាភាសាខ្មែរគួរតែបង្ហាញនូវអក្សរខ្មែរយ៉ាងត្រឹមត្រូវដូចក្នុងរូបខាងក្រោមនេះ៖
Using Khmer Unicode Fonts With The Mac
1. Download the khmer Unicode fonts (http://www.khmeros.info/drupal/?q=en/download/fonts)
2. Add the Khmer Unicode keyboard (system preferences-international-input menu)
3. Install X11 (a graphical unix interface) – this comes with OSX Tiger on the set-up disk. If they have an earlier OSX system, they can download it off the Apple website (but it’s 41MB) You run X11 by going to applications-utilities-X11 and need to have it running it before you install openoffice
4. Install OpenOffice (downloadable from their website – 130MB!!!)
5. Install “fondue” if you want other non-ttf fonts besides the system fonts that come with open office (http://fondu.sourceforge.net/)
6. Otherwise you can skip 4 and just copy the KhmerOS fonts to the openoffice font folder (ctrl-click on open office – show package contents – contents – openoffice.org2.0 – share – fonts)
7. Now it should work!
Special thanks to David Narita for these instructions!
Using Khmer Unicode Fonts With The Mac
1. Download the khmer Unicode fonts (http://www.khmeros.info/drupal/?q=en/download/fonts)
2. Add the Khmer Unicode keyboard (system preferences-international-input menu)
3. Install X11 (a graphical unix interface) – this comes with OSX Tiger on the set-up disk. If they have an earlier OSX system, they can download it off the Apple website (but it’s 41MB) You run X11 by going to applications-utilities-X11 and need to have it running it before you install openoffice
4. Install OpenOffice (downloadable from their website – 130MB!!!)
5. Install “fondue” if you want other non-ttf fonts besides the system fonts that come with open office (http://fondu.sourceforge.net/)
6. Otherwise you can skip 4 and just copy the KhmerOS fonts to the openoffice font folder (ctrl-click on open office – show package contents – contents – openoffice.org2.0 – share – fonts)
7. Now it should work!
Special thanks to David Narita for these instructions!
How to Install Khmer Unicode on your Windows XP Computer
This tutorial will walk you through the process of enabling Khmer Unicode on your Windows XP computer (if you need help installing Khmer Unicode on Windows 7 click here).
First download this file and then run the file – when you do you should see something like the following:
Now click the “Next >” button as shown in the picture.
Click the “Next >” again (if a box telling you that the directory does not exist pops up, just tell it to create the directory).
Now click “Exit” (it is possible the “Windows File Protection” box might pop-up before you can click “Exit”, if this occurs, go to the next step to deal with the “Windows Protection” box and then once you are done, click the “Exit” button on the Installer window.
When this box pops-up click “Cancel”
When this box pops-up click “Yes”
Now go here and download the latest Khmer Unicode Install Program (currently it is version 1.2.5) and once it is finished downloading, run the program. When you run it you should see something like the following:
Click “Next”
When this box pops-up click the “Complex & kbd” button (this can take a few moments to install, so please be patient). It is possible that you will need your Windows XP cd at this time – so if you are asked for it, please insert it into your cd-rom.
When the text “Complex script enabled/Keyboard layout added.” appears click the “Close” button.
To finish off the installation, click the “Exit” button.
Now you should see a new button in the lower right corner of your screen saying either, “EN” or “CA”. When you want to type in English, make sure “EN” is showing, and when you want to type in Khmer Unicode, make sure the “CA” is showing. To switch between the two languages, you can click on the button and select (like the picture above shows), or you can press the “Alt” key and the “shift” key which is on the right hand side of your keyboard (if you press the “shift” key that is on the left hand side of your keyboard it will not switch).
Enjoy!