अनेकता में एकता (समन्वय)

Typing in Hindi on Windows 7

2012-01-12T12:35:00.000+05:30

Enabling Hindi language typing support in Windows 7 PC/laptop

Navigate to : Control Panel -> Region and Language

In this screen select thirdt tab at top “Keyboards and Languages”
Select “Change keyboards”
Now add Hindi -> Select Devanagari INSCRIPT layout.

Press OK/Apply.
That’s it, done !!!

Now the usability aspects:
The Selected language will show up in Taskbar at right corner bottom. This would be in most cases EN.
For typing in Hindi, just click on this text and select HI layout.

For regular users, the hotkey combination is left Alt+Shift to switch between the two languages.

Now you can type using the Devanagari layout. See the above picture for key layout on top of English QWERTY keyboard.

Ath Dhyanam

2011-11-18T12:14:00.000+05:30

"The tortoise moves about in the water. But can you guess where her thoughts
are? There on the bank, where her eggs are lying. Do all your duties in the world,
but keep your mind on God."

[Original source : http://www.messagefrommasters.com/Ebooks/Spiritual-Books/Gospel_of_Sri_Ramakrishna.pdf]

Wireless USB dongle for Linux : Netgear N150 (WNA1100)

2011-08-30T11:55:00.000+05:30

Hi friends,

Few days ago, I needed to use Wireless dongle with Linux PC. As you all know, the Linux support is always the last thing that most device makers have in mind. Becoz of low % of users :(

But anyway, I selected a widely available model - Netgear N150 (WNA1100) and got it to work. I though of sharing the steps for others to follow easily.

URL : http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k_htc

Download and build
===================
$cd compat-wireless-3.0-2/
$./scripts/driver-select atheros
$make
$sudo make install

Firmware
========
This driver requires firmware.
The newer, properly versioned firmware is at: http://wireless.kernel.org/download/htc_fw/.

Newer firmware map:
AR9271 - htc_9271.fw

The firmware has to be placed in the correct location, usually /lib/firmware.

On Ubuntu, please reboot for detection and auto-configuration.

grass, dust and ego

2011-04-29T16:21:00.000+05:30

Sometimes I find a similarity between grass, dust and human ego.

They keep growing everyday - slowly and surely.

If not cut, cleaned or dissolved respectively, they become big enough in size and are easily observable. Also easy to notice when you are a visitor.

Do we have solution for growing ego?

Well one of them:
- वैष्णव जन तो तेने रे कहिए पीर पराई जाने रे, पर दुखे उपकार करे तो मन अभिमान न आये रे

Want to try it?

How to make a Low Cost LCD TV with DTH

2011-03-11T16:20:00.002+05:30

I have been (re-)using a LCD monitor to make (hack) a home-made TV set.

Ingredients:

1. LCD monitor - 15" or 17" (to your liking)
2. Set of PC speaker - creative 2.1 or similar
3. External TV tuner box - choose a good quality as this will decide the overall sound and picture quality
4. DTH box - TataSKY, Videocon or any body
5. Power strip (also called extensions) with 4 power outputs. Preferable with individual switches.
5. (Optional) Audio cable for TV tuner to PC speakers.

The most interesting part is total cost of ownership - monitor (7,000) + speaker (1000) + tv tuner (500) + DTH (1500) = 9,999/- one of the ingredients must have reduced one rupee somewhere :))

That's it !!! A LCD TV with all modern technology under 10,000 rupees !!!

Can't believe it can work: The catch is that once you start using DTH (TataSKY), your TV is doing nothing. TV becomes really dumb and doesn't even need channel flip feature.
Channel selection and all TV signal processing is happening inside your DTH box. So why to pay the TV manufacturer high cost of LCD TV :)
Detailed steps of construction (my setup as reference):
1. 15" LCD Samsung monitor has VGA date cable, connect it to TV tuner box.
2. Connect PC speakers to external TV tuner box
3. Connect DTH output to external TV tuner box
4. Connect all four power supply cables - Monitor, PC speakers, TV tuner box and DTH to power strip.
This way you can choose to switch off all the devices together or individually.

Please try and give feedback.
Keep hacking :-))

गीत : मोहे पनघट पे नन्दलाल छेड़ गयो रे

2009-12-01T19:23:00.002+05:30

मोहे पनघट पे नन्दलाल छेड़ गयो रे
मोहे पनघट पे
हा....... मोरी नाजुक कलईयाँ मरोर गयो रे
मोरी नाजुक कलईयाँ मरोर गयो रे
मोहे पनघट पे
(कोरस) हो... मोहे पनघट पे नन्दलाल छेड़ गयो रे
मोहे पनघट पे

कंकरी मोहे मारी गगरिया फोर डारी
(कोरस) हाय गगरिया फोर डारी
कंकरी मोहे मारी गगरिया फोर डारी
(कोरस) हाय गगरिया फोर डारी
गगरिया फोर डारी,
हा ... मोरी सारी अनारी भिगोय गयो रे
मोरी सारी अनारी भिगोय गयो रे
मोहे पनघट पे
(कोरस) मोहे पनघट पे नन्दलाल छेड़ गयो रे
मोहे पनघट पे

नैनों से जादू किया जियरा मोह लिया
(कोरस) हाय जियरा मोह लिया
नैनों से जादू किया जियरा मोह लिया
(कोरस) हाय जियरा मोह लिया
जियरा मोह लिया
हा... मोरा घुंघटा नजरियों से तोड़ गयो रे
मोरा घुंघटा नजरियों से तोड़ गयो रे
मोहे पनघट पे २
मोहे पनघट पे नन्दलाल छेड़ गयो रे
मोहे पनघट पे

[जैसा मुगल-ए-आजम में लता मंगेशकर और समूह द्वारा गाया]

गुरुवाणी बोल : कोई बोले राम राम

2009-11-24T13:09:00.002+05:30

कोई बोले राम राम कोई खुदाय,

कोई सेवे गुसैयां कोई अल्लाह
कारण करण करीम कृपा धार रहीम ।

कोई नावे तीर्थ कोई हज जाई
कोई करे पूजा कोई सिर नवाय ।

कोई पढ़े बेद कोई कथेब
कोई औढ़े नील कोई सफेद ।

कोई कहाये तुर्क कोई कहे हिन्दू
कोई बशाई भीसथ कोई सुरगी धू ।

कहू नानक जिन हुकम पसाथा
प्रभ साहिब का तिन भेद जाथा ।

फेडोरा / उबुन्टु डीवीडी में हिन्दी उपलब्धता [Fedora / Ubuntu DVD Hindi Support]

2009-11-24T12:41:00.002+05:30

कुछ दिन पहले एक साथी की समस्या सुलझाते हुए काम की चीज मिली, आप लोगों के साथ बाँटना चाहूँगा।
उसके कस्बे में इंटरनेट की सुविधा नहीं है।

अगर फेडोरा या उबुन्टु को डीवीडी से लोड करें तो हिन्दी भाषा चुनने के लिए इंटरनेट की आवश्यकता नहीं पड़ती।
इंटरनेट की बाध्यता सीडी के साथ ही है।

ज्ञात हो कि Linux For You और PCQuest magazine हर छह महीने में एक बार फेडोरा की डीवीडी निकालते हैं (सिर्फ १००/- में)। शायद दिसंबर/जनवरी में भी आएगी version १२ के साथ।

नमस्ते,
सुरेश

मेरा कंम्प्यूटर ऊबुन्टू लिनक्स के साथ

2009-09-30T10:00:00.006+05:30

लिनक्स से मेरा पहला परिचय 1998 का है, तब मैं इंजीनियरिंग का छात्र था। मैंने अपने हाथ से जोड़कर कंम्प्यूटर बनाया था अपने घरेलू इस्तेमाल के लिए। सारे पुर्जे जोड़ने के बाद कंम्प्यूटर तो बन गया फिर समस्या थी उस पर साफ्चवेयर चलाने की। मुंबई के फोर्ट इलाके से खरीदी Windows 98 की सीडी से जब कंम्प्यूटर शुरू करना चाहा तो पता चला कि सीडी Bootable नहीं है। सीडी बेचने वाले की धोखाधड़ी को जानकर माथा पकड़ लिया। फोर्ट इलाका मेरे घर से काफी दूर भी तो था। पूरा दिन लग जाता वापस जाकर सीडी बदलने में।

खैर, भाग्य में कुछ और लिखा था।

लिनक्स से मेरी मुलाकात हुई रेलवे स्टेशन के बुकस्टाल पर। PCQuest पत्रिका के संस्करण के साथ Redhat Linux 5.2 की सीडी मिल रही थी 100/- रुपए में। मेरी जेब के लिए यह खर्च भारी था और मैं सोच में पड़ गया था। मेरी मितव्ययता, विवेक और पत्रिका के कवर पर उपलब्ध सीमित जानकारी - इन तीनों के बीच संघर्ष शुरु हो गया।

'एक रुका हुआ फैसला' ही बन जाता लेकिन मेरे गंतव्य की लोकल आ गयी और मैंने दुकानदार को सौ का नोट पकड़ा दिया। फिर तो ट्रेन का सफर पन्ने पलट कर यह तय करने में बीत गया, कि मैंने गलत निर्णय नहीं लिया है और यह सीडी ठीक ठाक है और Bootable भी है। पत्रिका में कुछ चित्र भी थे जिन्हे देख कर लगा कि GUI और ध्वनि (audio) भी चल जाएगा।

कुछ दिनों की मेहनत और तुक्केबाजी (Trial and error) से मेरे कंम्प्यूटर पर लिनक्स चल पड़ा।
फिर तो Linux kernel, gcc compiler और अन्य मुक्तस्रोत साफ्टवेयर के साथ मेरी जान पहचान बढ़ती गई। आज हालत यह है कि मैं आफिस में दिनभर इन्हीं का प्रयोग करता हूँ।

ऐसा नहीं कि यह सफर आसान था। इसमें कई उतार चढ़ाव आए। पता चला कि मेरा sound card, CD writer लिनक्स में काम नहीं करते। और कई गेम्स भी नहीं चलती। थक हार कर Windows भी डाल लेता था, Dual-boot बना कर काम करता था। हाँ, लिनक्स से जुड़ा अवश्य रहा।

अब वह हाथ से बनाया कंम्प्यूटर एक पुराने बक्से में पड़ा है और दो नये लेपटाप का प्रयोग करता हूँ। 2007 में मैंने Windows XP Home का 3500/- का लाइसेंस भी खरीदा, एक लेपटाप के लिए।

फिर 2008 में ऊबुन्टू लिनक्स 8.04 को ट्राई किया और आश्चर्य अब sound card और DVD-writer भी काम करने लगे। अब मेरे दोनों लेपटाप पर ऊबुन्टू है और मेरी दोस्ती गाढ़ी हो गई है।

अब देख रहा हूँ कि HCL और Dell ने ऊबुन्टू लिनक्स के साथ भारत में कंम्प्यूटर बेचना शुरू कर दिया है। अब तो मैं इसका परिचितों में प्रचार भी करता हूँ।

कुछ दिन पहले कुछ वयस्क लोगों को कंम्प्यूटर सिखाने का मौका मिला और हैरान रह गया कि ऊबुन्टू, ओपनआफिस और फायरफाक्स को सीखना कितना आसान हो गया है।

मुझे इस बात की बड़ी खुशी है कि आम भारतीय के लिए ईमानदारी से साफ्टवेयर करने का आसान तरीका उपलब्ध हो ही गया।

एक विचार : कभी कभी सोचता हूँ कि लिनक्स में Virus क्यों नहीं लिखे जाते ?
यहाँ मुक्त स्रोत रहने की वजह से Programmers को हाथ की खुजली मिटाने के पर्याप्त मौके जो मिल जाते हैं :-)

क्या आप को भी ऐसा लगता हैं ?

D : New entrant in Systems Software Arena

2009-06-26T10:34:00.013+05:30

In the history of computing C language appeared in 1972 with the humble start for writing portable Operating System kernel (UNIX) C. On the wings of Unix success, C reached far and wide to be used from embedded systems to supercomputers. It went onto succeed in both system software and application software. Soon it was being used for projects huge in size (Lines of code) and complexity started to loom over such projects. Only highly disciplined programmers and process kept large projects going while others started to failed. The symptoms of failure were - missing project timelines, huge delay in bug fixes etc.

With appearance of C++ on computing scene (1983) Object Oriented Programming features became available and raised this project size limits to higher levels. C++ added more design and structure to programs and enabled programmers to succeed in big projects with lesser effort.

Further increases in complexity of projects have brought virtual machine based platforms like (Java and .NET). These languages brought automatic memory management and avoidance of pointers and are successful in application programming. These language realizing the problems and ugliness of C++ syntax have done a lot of clean up in language design and keep improving to suit developer needs.

Till now these language features, advancements and cleanups had been missing from systems programming, because virtual machines are not suitable for system programming. The scene is changing now with appearance of a new systems programming language named 'D' [1]. D has consolidated the good features of C, C++, Java and C# etc to provide a clean syntax.

Some of the most useful features of 'D' which C/C++ programmer would like [3]:
- Single inheritance with support for interfaces. Interfaces add clarity to class design.
- Both automatic and manual memory management available side by side. This permits faster application development.
- Array bounds checking is in-built. This would reduce number of 'long mysterious debugging sessions'.
- Removal of header files and preprocessor directives (macros)
- Removal of 'virtual' keyword, forward declarations etc. These are things which don't add value to software but are there to keep compilers happy.
- Function argument marking - in, out etc. This simplifies API interfaces.
- Unicode support in strings, for ASCII data char arrays are available.

There are two compilers available for D - GCC front end (gdc) and Digital Mars (dmd).

If you are wondering whether it can challenge C and C++ on their home ground i.e. speed, surprise!!! It runs shoulder to shoulder with C and C++ [2].

The language has a growing community which is developing standard libraries and tools. The parallels of – C standard library, STL and Boost libraries are already available as Phobos and Tango library.

This newcomer language has another special significance because that it has not started in software labs of any big company but rather in Open Source community.

References:
[1] Wikipedia entry http
[2] Performance results
Key to understanding these figures is that under the hood - gcc, g++ and gdc compilers use same GCC back-end for code generation.
[3] D feature set and comparison

हिंदी पठन और लेखन : भाग 2

2009-06-24T12:38:00.008+05:30

विंडोज XP को हिंदी भाषा में प्रयोग करने के लिए हिन्दी इंटरफेस पैक (Windows® XP हिंदी Interface Pack)बहुत ही बढ़िया चीज है।

मुख्य बटन पर Start के बजाय प्रारंभ देखने का आनंद ही कुछ और है।

इसे पाने के बारे ज्यादा जानकारी यहाँ से प्राप्त की जा सकती है।
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=hi&FamilyID=0db2e8f9-79c4-4625-a07a-0cc1b341be7c

अगर आपका विंडोज सत्यापित न हो सके (सबके पास तो इंटरनेट नहीं होता) तो यह आजमाएँ:
http://epandit.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/windows-xp-%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80-interface-pack-lip/

महोदय नें हर तरह से डाउनलोड की जानकारी दे रखी है :)

Reading Source Code : Best tools available

2009-06-05T10:04:00.008+05:30

I explored this GUI wrapper for cscope. I am using it to read Linux kernel sources.

The tools looks very promising. It has useful features like :
1. all cscope operations
2. Concept of project open/close etc, file/folder selection
3. Call graph and navigation
4. Multi-color syntax highlight

It can open a chosen file in any editor - vim, kate etc.

See a snapshot below.

[Click on the picture to enlarge]

Pros:
Memory consumption is low and speed is good.
Folding- code, comment, function.
Bookmarks
Its free and open source.

Cons: The two features I found missing (compared to SourceInsight(windows only)) are:
- rich coloring of syntax (global / local symbols),
- zero effort navigation (automatic preview of symbol definition, easy jump to symbol in another window).
- catching duplicate symbols definition/declarations etc.

Its the best tool on Linux. For windows I find SourceInsight good option(available for 30-day trial).

Reading source is fun :)

PS: Currently only one developer is maintaining KScope code. If you have time to spare and want to do something cool, pitch in. This tool is made in wonder world of Qt/C++.

The reasons that we are here : Essence of religion

2009-06-03T10:53:00.009+05:30

Last year on birthday of Guru Nanak ji, I had a vacation and I decided to spend some time to reading what this saint said.

I found this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Nanak_Dev#Teachings

- Naam Japna: Chanting the Holy Name and thus remembering God at all times (ceaseless devotion to God)
- Kirat Karō: Earning/making a living honestly, without exploitation or fraud
- Vaṇḍ Chakkō: Sharing with others, helping those with less who are in need

This is a very short list - easy to remember, simple, profound and very practical.

I tried to reduce it further but couldn't -
1. Naam Japna (नाम जपना) is very important because that will fulfill 'the reason that we are here' on Earth. i.e. to see/enter 'Kingdom of heaven' and preparation to enter it.
Without this, even a good execution of 2nd and 3rd point may leave a person with void/emptiness inside.

2. Kirat Karo (कीरत करो) is very vital for person and society both.
Read about a demonstration by Guruji here.

Lack of it has made corruption so prevalent in my country.

3. Vand Chakko (वंद छको) has some obvious and some subtle implications. I am reminded of Amrapali asking Buddha of reason of 'joy and peace' she experienced when Buddha came with his disciples to her place to eat. Said the enlightened one 'you are learning the joy of giving'.

Helping others keeps the ego low. Inflated ego is obstacle to spiritual realization and daily human interaction.

Somewhere in the race to tame the nature, we have missed on these fundamentals.

I think we should always strive, to be able to say 'yes I do' to all the three.

हिंदी लेखन:संपूर्ण समाधान भाग 1 Hindi Keyboard

2009-03-30T19:46:00.011+05:30

[आखिरी बदलाव की तिथि: 31-जनवरी-2010]

I have solved the problem in Devnagari typing (Hindi/Sanskrit/Marathi) on Computer and I thought of sharing my solution with you.

There are two steps to get to pleasant typing experience:
- Bilingual Hindi keyboard purchase
- Windows setup to use Devnagari Unicode fonts and text input method
- Linux (ubuntu/fedora) setup to show Hindi interface and support Devanagari typing

Bilingual Hindi keyboard:I am currently using a TVS Gold Devnagari bilingual keyboard .(Click on the image to enlarge it.)
You can get it from TVS resellers [#1].
As you can see from image the keys have markings for Devnagari and English on every button.

ऊबुन्टु पर हिन्दी उपयोग के लिए For Ubuntu Linux setup for Hindi
follow Hardik's blog article (with pictures):
http://hardik.in/2009/08/28/enable-ubuntu-with-hindi-language/hindi_on_ubuntu/%20

विंडोज पर हिन्दी के उपयोग के लिए
Windows setup to use Devnagari Unicode fonts and text input method:
There are few steps that you have to carry out before you can enjoy the Windows XP support for Hindi/Sanskrit/Marathi.

Note: These steps can be followed with normal keyboard also. You will have to memorize the key mapping though.

I am using Hindi as example for steps. You can configure Sanskrit/Marathi by following the same steps.

Step 1. To enable Hindi reading support.
Please follow these instruction to install fonts for reading Hindi.
This requires Windows XP installation CD and administrator privilege/login for PC.

Start-> Control Panel -> Regional and Language Options.
Select 'Languages' tab then select 'Install files for complex script and right-to-left languages'(including Thai).Press OK.
Windows will prompt for Windows XP installation/setup CD.
Insert the Windows XP setup CD and press OK
After Windows finishes installing fonts it will prompt for reboot.
Remove the CD and Press OK.
After reboot Windows is configured to display Hindi Unicode documents perfectly.

Step 2. To configure Hindi typing using normal US English keyboard. Also called QWERTY keyboard.
Step 1 must be complete for this. You don't require Windows CD or admin privilege for this step.

Start-> Control Panel -> Regional and Language Options.
Select Language tab then in Text Services and input Languages press Details.
The panel should look like this (figure).
Select Add.
In next screen 'Add Input Language' select 'Input Language' as 'Hindi'.
For Hindi keyboard layout choose 'Devnagri INSCRIPT'.
Select OK.
You can add more layouts in above manner.
Now the panel should look like attached image.
Select OK.

A Language Bar will appear at right bottom of your screen.

Now you are all set to read and write in Hindi.

Open notepad and then write 'Hindi' or something in English. Now click on Language Bar and select Hindi. Now hit keys u f x o r
you should see हिंदी appearing.

Before you save this file notepad will prompt you that it should be saved as Unicode text.
Select Encoding 'Unicode' instead of 'ANSI'.
Close the document and reopen, you should see Hindi in both languages.

The software setup is complete. Now you can type use Notepad, Microsoft Office 2003, OpenOffice Writer or embed text in HTML pages. With Unicode format for saving the data you can rest assured that your data is in most widely supported format and would look exactly same on all kind of computers whether Windows/Linux on all browsers. Articles in unicode have much better chances to appear in a Google or other search engines.
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देवनागरी कुंजीपट्ट खरीदें
Purchasing Devanagari Hindi Bilingual Keyboard
[#1] Obtaining a Hindi keyboard is difficult so I am sharing the details of contacts which I encountered during my purchase.

Models:
TVS Champ - INSCRIPT bilingual Hindi keyboard (Rs 300/-) membrane
TVS Gold - INSCRIPT bilingual Hindi keyboard (Rs 1350/-) mechanical-keys

Site: http://www.tvs-e.com/keyboard-landing.asp#
TVS company contact :
Suraj - very helpful guy from TVS who helped me to locate local shops.
9871399745

Shop:
Kuldeep Bansal (9810176026)
Micro Peripherals,
301, 3rd floor, Bajaj House,
Nehru Place,
New Delhi 110019.

For online purchase you can try this website:
http://www.indiaplaza.in/tvs-champ-devnagri-keyboard/tvs-e/electronics/computers-and-accessories/keyboards/PC09010711043119.htm

Writing your emails and blogs in Hindi was never more easier :)

I will keep posting on Hindi support in future, keep visiting.
नमस्कार