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How to use Pāḷi Keyboard

Don’t need to install Pāḷi Keyboard software.

Just need to run EXE File in your PC.

https://ancient-buddhist-texts.net/index.htm




Press here to download: Diacritic Input-Programmes (Direct Download Link ZIP File)

Long Pressing on the key, Diacritic Longpress-Programme. (Direct Download Link ZIP File)

Don’t need to install above EXE File.
Just need to run “double click” EXE File in your PC.

COMBINATION METHOD for Pāḷi Keyboard

Alt + A, a, I, i, U, u = macron over the character: Ā, ā, etc.
Alt + R, r, T, t, D, d, N, n, L, l, S, s, H, h = dot under the character: Ṛ, ṛ, etc
Alt + M, m = dot over M, m (Ṁ, ṁ)
SOME THAT HAVE TO BE LEARNED:
Alt + B, b = dot under M, m (Ṃ, ṃ)
Alt + G, g = dot over N, n (Ṅ, ṅ)
Alt + J, j = tilde over N, n (Ñ, ñ)
Alt + Z, z = acute over S, s (Ś, ś)

You can also input diacritical characters by holding down for a long press  
(here 1/3rd of a second)

long press A, a, I, i, U, u = macron over the character: Ā, ā, etc.


long press R, r, T, t, D, d, N, n, L, l, S, s, H, h = dot under the character: Ṛ, ṛ, etc


long press M, m = dot over M, m (Ṁ, ṁ)


SOME THAT HAVE TO BE LEARNED:


long press B, b = dot under M, m (Ṃ, ṃ)
long press G, g = dot over N, n (Ṅ, ṅ)
long press J, j = tilde over N, n (Ñ, ñ)
long press Z, z = acute over S, s (Ś, ś)



The Ancient Buddhist Texts website is being prepared by Bhante Ānandajoti who has been resident in the East since 1987, mainly in Sri Lanka, India, and Malaysia. He ordained in the Theravāda tradition in 1995 and received higher ordination the following year.

https://ancient-buddhist-texts.net/Miscellaneous/About.htm

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https://photodharma.net/Myanmar/index.htm



We don’t need to use old method of Pāḷi Keyboard Installation from https://tipitaka.org/
The following method is the old method of Pāḷi Keyboard Installation.
Step -1 (Go to this link)

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