Akan
Windows
Keyboard prepared with Microsoft's Keyboard Layout Creator (http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/tools/msklc.mspx). See attachment for download and installation instructions.
Ubuntu Linux
Ubuntu Linux as of version 6.06 (Dapper Drake) comes with the Akan keyboard.
Instructions
- Go to System -> Preferences -> Keyboard
- Choose Layouts
- Press Add... to add the secondary keyboard layout. Select Ghana from the Available layouts. Select Akan.
NB: It is simpler to have two layouts; the maximum is currently four for Xorg.
Yoruba
Windows
Keyboard prepared with Microsoft's Keyboard Layout Creator (http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/tools/msklc.mspx). See attached for downloadable installer.
Ubuntu Linux
There is no support for Nigerian language input methods in Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake) or older versions. These instructions are a workaround. Try it if you are confident of your ability to recover your system if you accidentally wreck it.
How to Install Keyboard
- BACKUP /etc/X11/xkb/rules/base.xml AND /etc/X11/xkb/rules/base.lst
- Download the keyboard layout map file from below if you haven't done so already.
- Acquire root priviledges. # su
- Copy the layout file to where it's expected to be. # cp ng /etc/X11/xkb/symbols
- Edit /etc/X11/xkb/rules/base.lst with your favourite text editor and insert the following line to the layout section
Hausa
Keyboard prepared with Microsoft's Keyboard Layout Creator (http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/tools/msklc.mspx).
Resources
Here you will find technical resources for African languages.
