Hi all

I use hindi input all the time too. There is a phonetic SCIM keymap available from oriya.sarovar.org ( http://oriya.sarovar.org/download/hi-baraha.mim) . However I did not like the keymap they had made , it reduced the typing speed for me, hence I took their .mim file and made some changes to it to make typing hindi faster as we have in Baraha IME system on Windows or the ISIS system on linux (more power to opensource!). My modified file is available at http://aniketvb.googlepages.com . The file should be placed in /usr/share/m17n (in fedora). I do not know the path in Ubuntu, the list users can please help.

The usage is pretty simple

का = ka कि = ki की = kii कु = ku कू = kuu कं = k + M (shift M . .basically M for the बिंदु on anything) श = sh ष = Sh द = द ड = D ध = dh ढ = Dh ॐ = oum मॅ = m ~ e ( three keys !) मँ = m ~ M (three again ) ऋ = Ru ॠ = RU क्ष = k + /+ S +h

For जोडअक्षर use /

eg क्लास = क + / + ला + स

Enable SCIM in your system as input method and then in scim config , you can set the hotkey to trigger the input method. I use the default Control + Space as the hotkey and I have just enabled one keymap (ie this one) and the other is the system default. Go ahead and try it and let me know in cade there are any difficulties. I admit that this method takes a little time (few days) to get used to though! but it enhanced my hindi/marathi typing speed greatly

Aniket (अनिकेत !)