--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, "palitechguy" <abc@...> wrote:

>
> Hi;
>
> I just posted a new online web page that may be beneficial to people
> studying Pali and people with Pali (and international) web sites.
>
> emsTyper shows how to support transliteration on web pages.
>
> In particular, it allows you to type Romanized Pali Velthius
> (including the PTS character used for the .m) without having to
> install a keyboard driver. The default font is Times Ext Roman but

it

> should work on all newer computers - even if you don't have this

font.

>
> It is Unicode and it could be handy for typing Pali text to enter

into

> Search boxes, typing up email messages where you need a couple of

Pali

> words, etc. Since it is a web page, it Pastes well - you don't get

all

> those extra blank lines.
>
> For search, you just type in the Pali word or phrase and then drag

and

> drop it into the search box on your browser.
>
> Beginners might like it. It is very intuitive and low-tech.
>
> People with Pali web sites might like it. You can download the web
> page and the free javascript. Any web techie knows that programming
> transliteration for compatibility with Internet Explorer is not a
> trivial task! With the source code provided, it would be easy to add
> Pali transliteration to any web site. You could also add other
> languages used with Pali (like Sinhalese).
>
> Anybody who needs to type up a little Pali when they are away from
> their computer (ie there is no Pali keyboard installed - like at the
> library) could use it.
>
> The other language using transliteration on the web page is French.
> This shows how easy it is to support any language using the
> javascript. It also shows how easy it is to mix languages and
> character sets. (It's also handy for people who need to type French

on

> English language keyboards!).
>
> Other nice things - Since it is javascript, you do *not* need to

stay

> online to use the web page. Since you can download the web page and
> the javascript, you do *not* even need to go online to use the web
> page in your browser.
>
> I need some help testing it on different browsers. emsTyper has only
> been tested on Firefox 2 and Internet Explorer 7 (both on XP).
>
> If you think that it would be beneficial, it would be nice if you
> could post replies with subject lines like 'emsTyper 1.1 works on
> Safari on OS X' so that everybody can quickly see if there are any
> compatibility issues that still need to be resolved.
>
> You can read the little blog post and get access to emsTyper at the
> Language and Technology blog at:
> http://emsjuwel.com/kitqc2blog/?p=67
>
> There is also a lot of information about the advantages of
> transliteration in the category on the blog called Transliteration.
>
> thank you!
>
> palitechguy
>

Excuse me, but I have no idea how to use that program.