GNU bug report logs - #23822
Request to add Probhat layout for Bengali in emacs.

Previous Next

To add a comment to this bug, you must first unarchive it, by sending
a message to control AT debbugs.gnu.org, with unarchive 23822 in the body.
You can then email your comments to 23822 AT debbugs.gnu.org in the normal way.

Toggle the display of automated, internal messages from the tracker.

Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: উৎসব রায় <uroybd <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Request to add Probhat layout for Bengali in emacs.
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2016 09:35:27 +0600

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]

Probhat is currently most popular keyboard layout for writing Bengali in
linux. Please add it in by default.

These are the codes I added to my configuration file to define my own
Probhat layout:

;; Probhat Input Method

(quail-define-package
 "probhat" "Bengali-probhat" "probhat" t
 "Porbhat for Bangla" nil t nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil t)

(quail-define-rules
  ("!" ?!)
  ("1" ?১)
  ("@" ?@)
  ("2" ?২)
  ("#" ?#)
  ("3" ?৩)
  ("$" ?৳)
  ("4" ?৪)
  ("%" ?%)
  ("5" ?৫)
  ("^" ?^)
  ("6" ?৬)
  ("&" ?ঞ)
  ("7" ?৭)
  ("*" "ৎ")
  ("8" ?৮)
  ("(" ?()
  ("9" ?৯)
  (")" ?))
  ("0" ?০)
  ("_" ?_)
  ("-" ?-)
  ("+" ?+)
  ("=" ?=)
  ("Q" ?ধ)
  ("q" ?দ)
  ("W" ?ঊ)
  ("w" ?ূ)
  ("E" ?ঈ)
  ("e" ?ী)
  ("R" ?ড়)
  ("r" ?র)
  ("T" ?ঠ)
  ("t" ?ট)
  ("Y" ?ঐ)
  ("y" ?এ)
  ("U" ?উ)
  ("u" ?ু)
  ("I" ?ই)
  ("i" ?ি)
  ("O" ?ঔ)
  ("o" ?ও)
  ("P" ?ফ)
  ("p" ?প)
  ("{" ?ৈ)
  ("[" ?ে)
  ("}" ?ৌ)
  ("]" ?ো)
  ("A" ?অ)
  ("a" ?া)
  ("S" ?ষ)
  ("s" ?স)
  ("D" ?ঢ)
  ("d" ?ড)
  ("F" ?থ)
  ("f" ?ত)
  ("G" ?ঘ)
  ("g" ?গ)
  ("H" ?ঃ)
  ("h" ?হ)
  ("J" ?ঝ)
  ("j" ?জ)
  ("K" ?খ)
  ("k" ?ক)
  ("L" ?ং)
  ("l" ?ল)
  (":" ?:)
  (";" ?;)
  (""" ?")
  ("'" ?')
  ("|" ?॥)
  ("" ?‌)
  ("~" ?~)
  ("`" ?‍)
  ("Z" ?য)
  ("z" ?য়)
  ("X" ?ঢ়)
  ("x" ?শ)
  ("C" ?ছ)
  ("c" ?চ)
  ("V" ?ঋ)
  ("v" ?আ)
  ("B" ?ভ)
  ("b" ?ব)
  ("N" ?ণ)
  ("n" ?ন)
  ("M" ?ঙ)
  ("m" ?ম)
  ("<" ?ৃ)
  ("," ?,)
  (">" ?ঁ)
  ("." ?।)
  ("?" ??)
  ("/" ?্))

[Message part 2 (text/html, inline)]

Message #8 received at 23822 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: উৎসব রায় <uroybd <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 23822 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23822: Request to add Probhat layout for Bengali in emacs.
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2016 18:04:24 +0300

> From: উৎসব রায় <uroybd <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2016 09:35:27 +0600
> 
> Probhat is currently most popular keyboard layout for writing Bengali in linux. Please add it in by default.
> 
> These are the codes I added to my configuration file to define my own Probhat layout:

Thanks, but we need someone with copyright assignment on file to
submit such a significant contribution.

Message #11 received at 23822 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: uroybd <at> gmail.com, 23822 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23822: Request to add Probhat layout for Bengali in emacs.
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2016 13:12:12 -0400

Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> Probhat is currently most popular keyboard layout for writing
>> Bengali in linux. Please add it in by default.
>> 
>> These are the codes I added to my configuration file to define my
>> own Probhat layout:
>
> Thanks, but we need someone with copyright assignment on file to
> submit such a significant contribution.

Are things like this subject to copyright?
Isn't this just a collection of facts?

Message #14 received at 23822 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: uroybd <at> gmail.com, 23822 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23822: Request to add Probhat layout for Bengali in emacs.
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2016 22:08:36 +0300

> From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: uroybd <at> gmail.com,  23822 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2016 13:12:12 -0400
> 
> > Thanks, but we need someone with copyright assignment on file to
> > submit such a significant contribution.
> 
> Are things like this subject to copyright?
> Isn't this just a collection of facts?

IANAL.  And the OP agreed to sign, I sent the form off-list.

Message #17 received at 23822 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: uroybd <at> gmail.com, 23822 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, eliz <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23822: Request to add Probhat layout for Bengali in emacs.
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2016 19:35:08 -0400

[[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider    ]]]
[[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies,     ]]]
[[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]]

  > >> These are the codes I added to my configuration file to define my
  > >> own Probhat layout:
  > >
  > > Thanks, but we need someone with copyright assignment on file to
  > > submit such a significant contribution.

  > Are things like this subject to copyright?
  > Isn't this just a collection of facts?

If it just describes the facts of the keyboard layout,
then it should be noncopyrightable in the US.

-- 
Dr Richard Stallman
President, Free Software Foundation (gnu.org, fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (internethalloffame.org)
Skype: No way! See stallman.org/skype.html.

Message #20 received at 23822 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: rms <at> gnu.org
Cc: uroybd <at> gmail.com, rgm <at> gnu.org, 23822 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23822: Request to add Probhat layout for Bengali in emacs.
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2016 10:56:35 +0300

> From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
> CC: eliz <at> gnu.org, uroybd <at> gmail.com, 23822 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2016 19:35:08 -0400
> 
> If it just describes the facts of the keyboard layout,
> then it should be noncopyrightable in the US.

Does "noncopyrightable in the US" mean we can accept it into Emacs
without copyright assignment?

Message #23 received at 23822 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: uroybd <at> gmail.com, rgm <at> gnu.org, 23822 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23822: Request to add Probhat layout for Bengali in emacs.
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2016 01:01:03 -0400

[[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider    ]]]
[[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies,     ]]]
[[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]]

  > Does "noncopyrightable in the US" mean we can accept it into Emacs
  > without copyright assignment?

Yes, because Emacs is published in the US.

-- 
Dr Richard Stallman
President, Free Software Foundation (gnu.org, fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (internethalloffame.org)
Skype: No way! See stallman.org/skype.html.

Message #26 received at 23822 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: উৎসব রায় <uroybd <at> gmail.com>
To: rms <at> gnu.org
Cc: 23822 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rgm <at> gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#23822: Request to add Probhat layout for Bengali in emacs.
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2016 11:03:53 +0600

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]

That means I don't have to sign forms and send them by snail-mail. Right?

On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 11:01 AM, Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider    ]]]
> [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies,     ]]]
> [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]]
>
>   > Does "noncopyrightable in the US" mean we can accept it into Emacs
>   > without copyright assignment?
>
> Yes, because Emacs is published in the US.
>
> --
> Dr Richard Stallman
> President, Free Software Foundation (gnu.org, fsf.org)
> Internet Hall-of-Famer (internethalloffame.org)
> Skype: No way! See stallman.org/skype.html.
>
>

[Message part 2 (text/html, inline)]

Message #29 received at 23822 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: উৎসব রায় <uroybd <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 23822 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rgm <at> gnu.org, rms <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23822: Request to add Probhat layout for Bengali in emacs.
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2016 19:30:19 +0300

> From: উৎসব রায় <uroybd <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2016 11:03:53 +0600
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, rgm <at> gnu.org, 23822 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> That means I don't have to sign forms and send them by snail-mail. Right?

Not for this submission, no.  However, I'd still encourage you to
proceed with the legal paperwork, so that you could contribute in the
future.  Thanks.

I pushed the new input method to the emacs-25 branch.  Please take a
look at the final result, because I needed to make a few changes
before it compiled successfully.

Message #32 received at 23822 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: উৎসব রায় <uroybd <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 23822 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rgm <at> gnu.org, rms <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23822: Request to add Probhat layout for Bengali in emacs.
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2016 22:40:30 +0600

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]

Okay, I will do that. :)

Please, replace quail-define-package expression with this one:

(quail-define-package
 "Probhat" "Bengali" "bengali-probhat" t
 "Probhat for Bangla" nil t nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil t)

Former one had a spelling mistake, that is a point. But, the most crucial
point is other Bengali layouts are defined with 'bengali-' prefix. People
will expect the same with this one also. So the title should be
bengali-probhat.

On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 10:30 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> > From: উৎসব রায় <uroybd <at> gmail.com>
> > Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2016 11:03:53 +0600
> > Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, rgm <at> gnu.org, 23822 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> >
> > That means I don't have to sign forms and send them by snail-mail. Right?
>
> Not for this submission, no.  However, I'd still encourage you to
> proceed with the legal paperwork, so that you could contribute in the
> future.  Thanks.
>
> I pushed the new input method to the emacs-25 branch.  Please take a
> look at the final result, because I needed to make a few changes
> before it compiled successfully.
>

[Message part 2 (text/html, inline)]

Message #35 received at 23822 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: উৎসব রায় <uroybd <at> gmail.com>,
 23822 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rms <at> gnu.org, rgm <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23822: Request to add Probhat layout for Bengali in emacs.
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2019 14:28:56 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> I pushed the new input method to the emacs-25 branch.  Please take a
> look at the final result, because I needed to make a few changes
> before it compiled successfully.

That was three years ago, so I'm guessing that the result was
satisfactory, and I'm closing this bug report.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no

Message #40 received at 23822-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 23822-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23822: Request to add Probhat layout for Bengali in emacs.
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 02:33:35 +0200

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
>> I pushed the new input method to the emacs-25 branch.  Please take a
>> look at the final result, because I needed to make a few changes
>> before it compiled successfully.
>
> That was three years ago, so I'm guessing that the result was
> satisfactory, and I'm closing this bug report.

This was never closed, so I'm closing it now.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.