1 ;; ta-vutam.mim -- Tamil input method for "vutam" Type_As_You_Write layout
2 ;; Copyright (c) 2009 V.Ramasami <v.ramasami@gmail.com>
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22 ;; Begin author's comments:
24 ;; Vutam Type_As_You_Write is suitable for 3 basket mechanical type writers.
25 ;; Meant for those who know to write Tamil.
26 ;; Had the Unicode encoding scheme followed that of TSCII, Vutam can run even in unintelligent keyboards with atleast three baskets.
27 ;; The intelligent SCIM supports many baskets; the third basket is selected in it, by pressing any Alt. key & a Normal key together.
28 ;; Basket one Normal: Short vowels & Consonants.
29 ;; Basket two Shift: Long vowels & consonants with "u" vowel mark.
30 ;; 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.)
31 ;; SCIM's frontend globalsetup trigger may be configured, not to include Alt. grave, since Alt. ` has to produce ` in our layout.
32 ;; Hence the name: VUTAM.
33 ;; The vowel marks: "ai", "e" and "E" to be typed before the consonants, as in writing Tamil.
34 ;; Hence the name: Type_As_You_Write.
35 ;; Key allocation scheme: (1). No logic: \ & q (2). Script similarity: w & f (3). Convention: z,x & b(big) & (4). Phonetic similarity: Rest.
37 ;; Author: V.Ramasami <v.ramasami@gmail.com>, www.geocities.com/vee_ramasami
39 ;; End author's comments.
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