kybd-mm

Meetei/Meitei Mayek Character Keyboard.

This repository contains resources from which you can extract and install Meetei Mayek keyboard in Windows/Ubuntu.

• Download and install khut_e.zip for windows
• Download and install Eeyek-2.0.zip for ubuntu (Built by Tabish)

1. Setup Instructions (khut_e)

1. Download and extract khut_e.zip

2. Run setup.exe and install the khut_e font.

3. Press Windows + Spacebar to change Language

   

4. You can type in MS Office apps by default (MS Word, MS Powerpoint, MS Excel). Check out Section 3 for other use cases.

2. Keyboard Layouts

Nirmala UI supports Meetei/Meitei Mayek by default in windows. But it is preferred to download and install Noto Sans Meetei Mayek from Google Fonts.

This repository also contain a copy of Eeyek font which can be used to type Meetei/Meitei Mayek in Ubuntu OS.

2.1 Windows (khut_e)

2.1.1. Normal Mode

2.1.2. Shift Mode

Hold Shift and Type.

2.1.3. Ctrl Mode

Hold Ctrl and Type. (Might not probably work if Ctrl is bound as part of shortcuts, eg., Ctrl+Z is undo so typing Z might not work.)

2.2. Linux/Ubuntu (Eeyek)

3. Use cases in Windows

3.1. Typing in Notepad

You can type Meitei Mayek in notepad as shown below

1. If the characters are invisible go to Edit

   

2. Pick font family Noto Sans Meetei Mayek

   

3.2. Typing in Google Chrome

1. Settings > Appearance > Customize fonts or type chrome://settings/fonts in search bar and press Enter

2. Customize fonts > Standard font > pick Noto Sans Meetei Mayek

   

3. Screenshot of Typing

   

3.3. Typing in VS Code

1. Click on File

   

2. Go to Preferences

   

3. Go to Settings

   

4. Add Noto Sans Meetei Mayek in Font of User Settings

   

5. Screenshot of Typing

   

3.4. Typing in Google Collab/Jupyter Notebook

Similar to Section 3.2.

3.5. Typing in LaTeX

1. Install MikTeX and TexMaker to edit LaTeX files.

2. Install Meetei Mayek Unicode fonts (Noto Sans Meetei Mayek).

3. Install khut_e to type Meetei Mayek Unicode in Windows. (Refer Section 2)

4. Make the following changes (highlighted) a. Create a new LaTeX file and add fontspec package. b. Create a new font family, add a preferred name (eg., \MM) and use Noto Sans Meetei Mayek (check spelling and cases). c. Use {\MM type the chracters here} d. You can type the characters using Khutyee in windows or using Eeyek in Ubuntu e. You can also use LaTeX \char to type the characters using the actual Unicode values.

   \documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}
   \usepackage{fontspec}
   \newfontfamily\MM{Noto Sans Meetei Mayek}
   
   \begin{document}
   
   {\MM
   ꯀ ꯁ ꯂ ꯃ ꯄ ꯅ
   \char"ABC0
   }
   
   \end{document}

5. Change Compiler of Tex file in TexMaker to XeTeX or LuaTeX to use fontspec.

6. In Word Processor like MS Word, WordPad etc. Nirmala UI, Eeyek or Noto Sans Meetei Mayek is required to show the proper glyphs (else Unicode empty blocks will show up).

7. Same steps for TexMaker and Overleaf (Don’t forget to change compiler to LuaLaTeX).

(Example)

3.5.1. Overleaf

(Setting Compiler to LuaLaTeX in Overleaf)

(Output pdf)

3.5.2. TexMaker

(Setting Compiler to LuaLaTeX in TexMaker)

(Output pdf)

4. FAQs

4.1. How do i go back to my usual keyboard?

Press Windows + Spacebar again till you change it back for both windows and ubuntu.

4.2. Only boxes are displayed instead of the correct characters while typing?

If the glyphs are not visible in notepad, you can check the font first (select Noto Sans Meetei Mayek) in newer version or fix it by typing using the font in any other app which can display Meitei Mayek by default (eg., MS Word) in older version.

Disclaimer

If the software you are using doesn't support font, then the character will only appear as boxes or boxes with ?.

Warning

• The character in the keyboard is not in the default system code page (1252) of the English (India) language you specified. This may cause compatibility problems in non-Unicode applications.

See also

• Speech Dataset.
• Meetei/Meitei Mayek Transliteration.
• Meetei/Meitei Mayek Keyboard for Windows.
• IPA Keyboard for Windows.
• S-550 Glyph Correction.
• Epaomayek Glyph Correction.
• Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator