Avro phonetic for Linux in IBus

Avro phonetic implementation for Linux in IBus.

Installation

1. Open terminal/package manager and install following packages:

    git 
    libibus-1.0-0
    libibus-1.0-dev
    ibus
    automake 
    autoconf
    gjs
    gir1.2-gjsdbus-1.0
    gir1.2-ibus-1.0
   

   For Ubuntu 12.04

    sudo apt-get install git ibus libibus-1.0-dev automake autoconf gjs gir1.2-gjsdbus-1.0 gir1.2-ibus-1.0
   

   For other linux distributions

   You'll need all related build tools like automake, autoconf etc... and Latest IBus from git compiled with gobject-introspection support enabled.

2. Now give the following commands step-by-step:

    git clone git://github.com/sarim/ibus-avro.git
    cd ibus-avro
    aclocal && autoconf && automake --add-missing
    ./configure --prefix=/usr
    sudo make install
   

Usage

1. Run IBus (Applications -> System Tools -> IBus) from Dash
2. Open IBus Preferences from the top panel icon
3. Go to Input method
4. Select an input method -> Bengali -> Avro
5. Now Click Add button to add Avro to the list
6. Now restart IBus from the top panel icon (Right Click -> Restart)
7. Now Press Ctrl+Space to toggle between English and Avro (Bengali)
8. Enjoy Avro Phonetic!

Contributors

IBus Engine by Sarim Khan sarim2005@gmail.com

Avro JavaScript Phonetic Library by Rifat Nabi

Avro Phonetic Dictionary Search Library by Mehdi Hasan Khan

Licensed under Mozilla Public License 1.1 ("MPL"), an open source/free software license.