[INDOLOGY] Typing vedic accents in Windows and Mac systems

[Dipak Bhattacharya]

23.9.14

Thanks! Somehow, I find MSW with improvised shortcuts quite handy. But I
thank you for the kind words and the programme!

By the way, I apprehend some problems. The nasal sign of a dotted
half-circle [[image: Inline image 2]] over vowels works in MSW Devnagari
but cannot be typed as a standing sign when typing in Roman. For this the
processor Baraha is useful. It is Unicode compliant and had to be purchased
with Credit Card. The rules might have changed now, I do not know.

Another way of doing that is to reverse the dot used with m for anusvāra.
Thus if one is typing ṃ for anusvāra, for the nasal vowel one may type <*l*
*ṁ**l**a*> and then add in brackets (ल्ँल).

Apology for unsolicited advice.

I am eager to know if the figure in Paint came in the mail.

Best

DB



On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 9:45 AM, McComas Taylor <McComas.Taylor at anu.edu.au>
wrote:

>  Many thanks to colleague Dipak Bhattacharya for this instruction.
>
>
>  I have turned it into a short 'how-to' video which some folk might find
> useful:
>
>
>  https://www.screenr.com/AZnN
>
>
>  Yours
>
>
>  McComas
>
>
>
>   ------------------------------
> McComas Taylor
> Head, Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies, CHL, CAP
> The Australian National University
> Tel. + 61 2 6125 3179
> Website: https://sites.google.com/site/mccomasanu/
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> Test drive our new 'Joy of Sanskrit' electronic text book
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> *From:* Dipak Bhattacharya <dipak.d2004 at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 23, 2014 1:38 PM
> *To:* McComas Taylor
> *Cc:* indology at list.indology.info List
> *Subject:* Re: [INDOLOGY] Typing vedic accents in Windows and Mac systems
>
>   As far as Windows is concerned the necessary accent-marks are available
> with the Symbol box of MSW 2010. One can create shortcuts too. For long
> vowels one has to insert the standing accents. The numerical indication of
> the kampasvara, if one desires to show that, has to be created.  But
> normally that is not necessary. One can just indicate the circumflex.
>  Best
>  DB.
>
> On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 5:03 AM, McComas Taylor <McComas.Taylor at anu.edu.au
> > wrote:
>
>>  Dear Colleeagues
>>
>>
>>  What is the easiest way to type Vedic accents in transcriptions using
>> Windows and Mac systems?
>>
>>
>>  Thanks in advance
>>
>>
>>  McComas
>>
>>
>>   ------------------------------
>> McComas Taylor
>> Head, Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies, CHL, CAP
>> The Australian National University
>> Tel. + 61 2 6125 3179
>> Website: https://sites.google.com/site/mccomasanu/
>> Address: Baldessin Building 4.24, ANU, ACT 0200
>> ------------------------------
>> Test drive our new 'Joy of Sanskrit' electronic text book
>> <http://press.anu.edu.au/titles/anu-etext/the-joy-of-sanskrit/>.
>>
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