[INDOLOGY] Typing vedic accents in Windows and Mac systems

[Madhav Deshpande]

Any suggestions on how to do this on a Mac?

Madhav Deshpande

On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 11:55 AM, Oleg Bendz <oleg.bendz at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 2014-09-24
>
> Dear All:
>
> For windows (vers XP, Vista, 7, 8, etc.), once the Sanskrit - devanagari
> codepage is enabled and loaded, the following extra characters and accents
> can be produced:
> rt-alt + lowercase period:* ॥ *
> rt-alt + uppercase period: *ऽ*(avagraha)
>
> rt-alt + semicolon: underscore (vedic anudatta accent) भ॒
>
> rt-alt + uppercase apostrophe: (vedic svarita accent) भ॑
>
> rt-alt + z: accent grave भ॓
>
> rt-alt + c: accent aigue भ॔
>
> rt-alt + uppercase x: ॐ
>
> rt-alt + uppercase f : ऌ
>
> rt-alt + uppercase r: ॡ
>
> rt-alt + uppercase equal sign: ॠ
>
>
> Tx.
>
> Oleg Bendz
> P.S.  Does anyone need to know how to load the Sanskrit codepage in
> windows?
>
>
>   On Tuesday, September 23, 2014 5:53 AM, Dipak Bhattacharya <
> dipak.d2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>  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/
> 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/>.
>
>   *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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Madhav M. Deshpande
Professor of Sanskrit and Linguistics
Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
202 South Thayer Street, Suite 6111
The University of Michigan
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