HOWTO setup Thai on Linux.
Writer : Kan Yuenyong (kaiwal@geocities.com)
Co-writer : Worawut Wisutmethangoon (wisutmet@cae.wisc.edu)
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Thank you for Thai student from comp-gang at T.I.T in Japan
for present their Thai information processing under X window based.
Section 1: HOWTO install Thai fonts.
1. Download the file containing Thai fonts and keyboard mapping from
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/8302/thailinux.tar.gz
(save this file to your computer)
2. Uncompressed this file to your directory, using command :
- gunzip thailinux.tar.gz, you will get thailinux.tar
- tar -xvf thailinux.tar, you will get files :
FontTastic.fm thai6x14.bdf thai8x13.pcf thai9x13.pcf
README thai7x18.bdf thai8x20.bdf thaiXmap.v01
fonts.dir thai8x13.bdf thai9x13.bdf
Do the following steps under X window.
3. Use command "mkfontdir" at the directory, which keeping those font
files, the command will create "fonts.dir" file. This is an
index file.
4. Make X window accept these fonts by using
xset +fp
For example, if you keep these fonts at "/root/thaifont" use command
xset +fp /root/thaifont
You can put this step in ".xinitrc" file to keep it
automatically setup, everytime you enter X window system.
5. Please check, whether you can success setup the fonts
by using command :
xlsfonts | less
or
xlsfonts | grep "thai"
you will see all the Thai fonts.
6. Try to use xterm to display files in Thai, by using
command :
xterm -fn thai9x13
Try to use vi or cat Thai text file under this xterm.
Section 2: Netscape Thai display.
If you do not have Netscape, down load it from http://www.netscape.com.
These steps is howto setup Thai display in Netscape Navigator version 3.
- Open Menu "Options".
- In the Options menu, select submenu "General Preferences...".
- Choose "Fonts" Tab, from the Preference plate.
- Change Encoding into "Western (iso-8859-1)".
- Change the "Use the Proportional Font" into "Fixed (Thai)"
- Click OK, to save configuration.
- Surfing Thai web page to check your browser can display properly.
Section 3: How To Input in Thai
This is a way to input in Thai on Xterm, by using xmodmap to map
key in Thai style keyboard (kade-sa-ma-nee).
From the file you unzip (step 2 of installation Thai fonts),
use command :
xmodmap thaiXmap.v01
After you run this command, you can input Thai on the xterm
(which is setup to display Thai). You can use Scroll Lock key as a
Thai/English swiching mode key.
Note:
You may use Ctrl-l key to clear your screen since it
may display Thai character not properly.
More information:
- You can get more information about Thai computing on UNIX
from Note on Thai Computing Homepage
(http://www.ctrl.titech.ac.jp/~vuthi/thai/thai.doc/index.html).
- You can get information about Thai Linux Document and
Linux Thai Project from http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/8302
Section 4: Sample Thai Text:
"เป็นมนุษย์สุดประเสริฐเลิศคุณค่า กว่าบรรดาฝูงสัตว์เดรัจฉาน
จงฝ่าฟันพัฒนาวิชาการ อย่าล้างผลาญเข่นฆ่าบีฑาใคร
ไม่ถือโทษโกรธแช่งซัดฮึดฮัดด่า หัดอภัยเหมือนกีฬาอัชฌาสัย
ปฏิบัติประพฤติกฎกำหนดใจ พูดจาให้ จ๊ะๆ จ๋าๆ น่าฟังเอย"
สำนวนมาตรฐานสำหรับตรวจสอบอักขระตัวพิมพ์ภาษาไทย
สำนวนนี้เป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของสมาคมคอมพิวเตอร์แห่งประเทศไทย ในพระบรมราชูปถัมภ์
ไม่สงวนสิทธิ์ในการนำไปใช้ แต่ต้องระบุว่าเป็นของสมาคมคอมพิวเตอร์แห่งประเทศไทย
ในพระบรมราชูปถัมป์
This is a standard text for testing Thai printing character.
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Royal Patronage of His Majesty The King.
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