;; Begin author's comments:
-;; Vutam is meant for those who know to write Tamil.
;; Vutam Type_As_You_Write is suitable for 3 basket mechanical type writers.
+;; Meant for those who know to write Tamil.
;; Had the Unicode encoding scheme followed that of TSCII, Vutam can run even in unintelligent keyboards with atleast three baskets.
-;; The intelligent SCIM supports many baskets; the third basket is selected in it, by pressing any Alt key & a Normal key together.
+;; The intelligent SCIM supports many baskets; the third basket is selected in it, by pressing any Alt. key & a Normal key together.
;; Basket one Normal: Short vowels & Consonants.
;; Basket two Shift: Long vowels & consonants with "u" vowel mark.
-;; Basket three Alt.: Tamil abbreviations, Numerals & consonants with "U" vowel mark. (H & space space h may also be used to get u & U vowel mark hooks.)
+;; Basket three Alt.: Tamil abbreviations, Numerals & consonants with "U" vowel mark. (H & Alt. h may also be used to get u & U vowel mark hooks.)
+;; SCIM's frontend globalsetup trigger may be configured, not to include Alt. grave, since Alt. ` has to produce ` in our layout.
;; Hence the name: VUTAM.
-;; The vowel marks: "ai", "e" and "E" to be typed before the consonants, as in writing Tamil.
+;; The vowel marks: "ai", "e" and "E" to be typed before the consonants, as in writing Tamil.
;; Hence the name: Type_As_You_Write.
;; Key allocation scheme: (1). No logic: \ & q (2). Script similarity: w & f (3). Convention: z,x & b(big) & (4). Phonetic similarity: Rest.
;;
(map
(trans
- ((A-`) ?௰)
+ ("`" ?ௗ)
+ ((A-`) ?`)
((A-1) ?௧)
((A-2) ?௨)
((A-3) ?௩)
("p" ?ப)
("P" "பு")
((A-p) "பூ")
- ("[" " ெ")
+ ("[" " ெ")
("{" " ே")
((A-[) ?[)
("]" ?ி)
((A-.) ?|)
("/" ?ா)
((A-/) ?/)
- ("of" ?ஔ)
+ ("o`" ?ஔ)
("[k" "கெ")
("[c" "செ")
("[d" "டெ")
("{j" "ஜே")
("{S" "ஷே")
("{J" "க்ஷே")
- ("[kf" "கௌ")
- ("[cf" "சௌ")
- ("[df" "டௌ")
- ("[tf" "தௌ")
- ("[pf" "பௌ")
- ("[xf" "றௌ")
- ("[wf" "யௌ")
- ("[rf" "ரௌ")
- ("[lf" "லௌ")
- ("[vf" "வௌ")
- ("[zf" "ழௌ")
- ("[ff" "ளௌ")
- ("[gf" "ஙௌ")
- ("[`f" "ஞௌ")
- ("[bf" "ணௌ")
- ("[qf" "நௌ")
- ("[mf" "மௌ")
- ("[nf" "னௌ")
- ("[sf" "ஸௌ")
- ("[hf" "ஹௌ")
- ("[jf" "ஜௌ")
- ("[Sf" "ஷௌ")
- ("[Jf" "க்ஷௌ")
))