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[Lubin, Tim]

Michael Slouber promptly removed my doubts, but I fear the message came
only to me, so I pass the info on.  The perl scripts can be run on a Mac
using TextWrangler (free, perhaps even available through the App Store) or
BBEdit by following his directions below.  I can supply the Perl scripts,
if you can't find them.

This query prompted me to make a little further effort with Ferenc's
macros, and I have at least the IndUni2DevUni working perfectly on my Word
for Mac.  So all is well in the world!

Tim

On 3/26/12 3:03 PM, "Michael Slouber" <mjslouber at berkeley.edu> wrote:

>
>Dear Tim,
>
>The perl scripts can be run in TextWrangler.  Under the menu "#!" there
>is the option "unix filters" and by putting your perl scripts there, you
>should be able to run them on any text you open with that program.
>
>Best,
>
>Michael Slouber
>
>
>On Mar 26, 2012, at 2:53 PM, Lubin, Tim wrote:
>
>> Patrick,
>> 
>> By far the nicest utility I have seen is a macro for Word written by
>> Ferenc Ruzsa:
>>  http://www.ebmp.org/downloads/Uni_Dev.txt
>> and to convert unicode devanagari to translit:
>>  http://www.ebmp.org/downloads/Dev_Uni.txt
>> 
>> With a keyboard shortcut to these macros, I could select a block of
>> unicode transliteration and -- hey presto! -- have Devanagari.  (Of
>> course, if your original has the sort of word breaks usually used in
>> transliteration, these will have to be closed up first to avoid breaks
>> that look awkward in Devanagari.)
>> 
>> Unfortunately, as you know, I am now working on the same machine you do
>> (MacBook Air), and I have not yet succeeded in installing or testing
>>these
>> macros in Word for Mac.  (The ebmp pages suggest it might work:
>> http://www.ebmp.org/p_dwnlds.php ; see second bullet point under
>> Devanagari unicode.)
>> 
>> I also once downloaded a folder full of Perl scripts that purport to
>> convert various encodings to various other encodings in a single bound,
>> but being only semi-computer-savvy I never figured out how to run those.
>> Can anyone recommend a simple front-end utility for
>>non-Perl-programmers?
>> 
>> Tim
>> 
>> Timothy Lubin
>> Professor, Department of Religion, and
>> Lecturer in Religion and Law, School of Law
>> Washington and Lee University
>> Lexington, Virginia 24450 USA
>> 
>> http://home.wlu.edu/~lubint | http://ssrn.com/author=930949
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 3/26/12 10:26 AM, "Patrick Olivelle" <jpo at UTS.CC.UTEXAS.EDU> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Dear All:
>>> 
>>> Can you recommend a font/program which would allow a Sanskrit text to
>>>be
>>> typed in Roman and to be converted immediately to Devanagari? I have
>>> noted some such programs Developed in India. Thanks.
>>> 
>>> Patrick Olivelle
>>> 
>>> 
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