If anyone is interested, here is a dropbox link to my Mac keyboard layout for Indic signs in roman unicode. It uses forward-slash (/) as a dead key. Two presses of / gives /. It’s pretty transparent and quite easy to use. /a -> ā, /A -> Ā, /s -> ś, /r  -> ṛ, /h -> ḥ, etc. Less obvious are  /z  -> ñ, /w -> ṣ. For Tamil, /k  ->  ḻ, /y  ->  ṟ. It’s easy to figure this out — it works for caps also, though there are no Vedic accents.  It enables extremely fast typing, no use of option or other awkward keys. I’ve been using it for many years (also in its previous incarnation with the TimesIndian font, which goes back to the ’80’s). Only downside — it’s impossible to install in iOS, unfortunately, though Muthu Nedumaran once sent me an app that works in iOS (it never made it to the app store and doesn't work anymore). Anyone who wants to use Tamil, Devanagari, Telugu etc. script on iOS should check out his Indic Notes, which allows one to type Roman for the various writing systems (कुटुम्बम् = kuTumqbamq — unfortunately this is somewhat different than the Mac Devanagari QWERTY, which is ku(option)tumfamf, but it’s more usable, I think). George


https://www.dropbox.com/s/7d7th7m9d9l2i36/NewIndianRomanUnicode.keylayout?dl=0


On Mar 12, 2016, at 4:38 PM, Madhav Deshpande <mmdesh@UMICH.EDU> wrote:

Hello Tim,

     How do I download your keylayout file?

Madhav

On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 6:38 PM, Lubin, Tim <LubinT@wlu.edu> wrote:
George,

Andrew Glass’s Gandhari Unicode includes the Vedic accented transliteration characters — I have used these for years:

If you use a Mac, you can also find a link to my customized keylayout file, and a keyboard map here (it includes characters for Tamil and Old Javanese as well):

Best,

Tim

Timothy Lubin
Professor of Religion and Adjunct Professor of Law
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, Virginia 24450

http://home.wlu.edu/~lubint 

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From: INDOLOGY <indology-bounces@list.indology.info> on behalf of George Thompson <gthomgt@gmail.com>
Date: Saturday, March 12, 2016 at 6:29 PM
To: "indology@list.indology.info" <indology@list.indology.info>
Subject: [INDOLOGY] A font for accented Vedic

Dear List,
.
For the time being, I am obliged to use a computer that does not have  a font for accented Vedic text in transliteration.  Can someone send me such a font so that I can submit a paper before an upcoming deadline?  I would be very, very grateful.

With thanks in advance,

George Thompson

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