G.O. Ms. No. 17 | G.O. Ms. No. 28 | Proposed Typewritter Layout

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Sub: Clarification regarding Regarding Remington Keyboard Layout as per G.O.MS.NO.17 dt 13.6.99. Testing of Tamil Sotware and Certification and nomination of Kanithamizh Sangam as Certifying Agency as per G.O (MS) No: 28dt 9.8.99.

1. As per the G.O (MS) 28, application forms as aproved by the Task Force on IT is being issued to the TamilSoftware Developers and the completed aplications are being received.
2. As per the G.O. (MS) No 17 dated 13.06.99, the present layout and sequencing of mechanical typewriter (Remington) Keyboard to be maintained excepting the replacement of the sign "" with the sign "ý". The actual Typewriter Keyboard is not given in the Anneexure to the G.O.17. Many developers wanted to know exactly what is to be followed as the Remington layout.
3. The Tamil Software Certifying Agency in their first meeting held on 25.10.99, discussed this subject in detail and found that it is necessary to issue the clarification to all the developers along with the Application form for software certification.
4. The standard Remington Typewriter Keyboard Layout is shown in Annexure I-A and the kekyboard sequence for Remington Layout is given in Annexure II-A. These are mandatory for certification of Typewriter Layout.
5. The conventional Remington Typewriter lacks many of the symbols like ðŸÁ (Ð), õó¾ (Ñ), ⇠(­), Ï𣌠(–), «ñŸð® (—), «îF (s), ñ£î‹ (t), õ¼ì‹ (u) and the computer keyboard symbols which are already provided in the TamilNet Encoding standards. However many developers have incorporated these symbols in some way or other in the past 10 years and thousands of users (mainly in the Govt.Sector and Publishing Segment) are already using these symbols.
6. The certifying Committee felt that without altering the standard Remingtom Keyboard, Layout, an Enhanced Typewriter Keyboard Layout wherin all these missing symbols could be incorporared though an escape sequence like 'A' (which is vaccant now). The Enhanced Typewriter layout is given in Annexure I-B and the Keyboard sequence for the same is given in Annexure II-B. However implementation of these additional features need not be made mandatory for certification. This is only aguidance for the developers purely for the sake of uniformity.
7. We seek your guidance and aproval for implementing the above clarifications.

Yours faithfully,
for Kanithamizh Sangm

A. ELANGOVAN
President

Annexure I A

Left Top - Key Position
Left Bottom - Key Position
Right Top - Shift+Key
Right Bottom- Normal Key

Annexure II A
Keyboard Sequences for Remington Keybord Layout

1. The Remington Typewriter keyboard has the 11 vowels Ü, Ý, Þ, ß, à, á, â, ã, ä, å, æ, the aayatham ç, the 18 tamil consonants è, é, ê, ë, ì, í, î, ï, ð, ñ, ò, ó, ô, õ, ö, ÷, ø, ù, the 17 vowel consonants the grandha consonants ú, û, ü, ý, þ, the cluster ÿ, the signs , and dead keys Out of these six dead keys, thepulli ( ¢) and the two kokkis () are availavle in the TAM and TAB font coding as separate symbols. So they can be got by typing these dead keys followed by one sapce , as done in the mannual typewiter.
   
2. The pulli followed by the following 18 Consonant symbols and 5grandha charecters should produce pure consonants. E.g.
   ¢ + è -> ‚
   ¢ + é -> ƒ
   ¢ + ê -> „
   ¢ + ë -> …
   ¢ + ì -> †
   ¢ + í -> ‡
   ¢ + î -> ˆ
   ¢ + ï -> ‰
   ¢ + ð -> Š
   ¢ + ñ -> ‹
   ¢ + ò -> Œ
   ¢ + ó -> ˜
   ¢ + ô -> ™
   ¢ + õ -> š
   ¢ + ö -> ›
   ¢ + ÷ -> œ
   ¢ + ø -> Ÿ
   ¢ + ù -> ¡
   ¢ + ú -> v
   ¢ + û -> w
   ¢ + ü -> x
   ¢ + ý -> y
   ¢ + þ -> z
   
   
3. The sign followed by the folloeing 17 Consonant symbols and 5 grandha charecters should produce kuril consonants. E.g.
   
   ¤ + è -> A
   ¤ + é -> B
   ¤ + ê -> C
   ¤ + ë -> D
   ¤ + í -> E
   ¤ + î -> F
   ¤ + ï -> G
   ¤ + ð -> H
   ¤ + ñ -> I
   ¤ + ò -> J
   ¤ + ó -> K
   ¤ + ô -> L
   ¤ + õ -> M
   ¤ + ö -> N
   ¤ + ÷ -> O
   ¤ + ø -> P
   ¤ + ù -> Q
   ¤ + ú -> R
   ¤ + û -> S
   ¤ + ü -> T
   ¤ + ý -> U
   ¤ + þ -> V
   
   
4. The sign followed by the following 17 Consonant symbols and 5 grandha charecters should produce nedil consonants. E.g.
   
   ¦+ è -> W
   ¦+ é -> X
   ¦+ ê -> Y
   ¦+ ë -> Z
   ¦+ í -> a
   ¦+ î -> b
   ¦+ ï -> c
   ¦+ ð -> d
   ¦+ ñ -> e
   ¦+ ò -> f
   ¦+ ó -> g
   ¦+ ô -> h
   ¦+ õ -> i
   ¦+ ö -> j
   ¦+ ÷ -> k
   ¦+ ø -> l
   ¦+ ù -> m
   ¦+ ú -> n
   ¦+ û -> o
   ¦+ ü -> p
   ¦+ ý -> q
   ¦+ þ -> r
   
   
5. The sign followed by the following 4 Consonant symbls should produce kuril à consonants. E.g.
   
   + ð -> ¹
   + ò -> »
   + õ -> ¾
   + é -> ±
   
   
6. The sign followed by the following 4 Consonant symbols should produce nedil á consonants. E.g.
   
   + ð -> Ì
   + ò -> Î
   + õ -> ×
   + é -> Ä
   
   
7. The sign followed by the following 5 Consonant symbols only should produce nedil á consonants. E.g.
   
   + ´ -> Ç
   + ñ -> Í
   + ¼ -> Ï
   + ¿ -> Ø
   + À -> Ù
   
   
8. The following 7 Consonant symbols followed by the sign should produce nedil consonants. E.g.
   

   ³ + -> Æ
   µ + -> È
   ¶ + -> É
   ¸ + -> Ë
   ½ + -> Ö
   Á + -> Ú
   Â + -> Û

   
   
9. The following 5 Grandha Consonants followed by the sign § , produce kuril consonants. E.g.
   
   ú + § -> ú§
   û + § -> û§
   ü + § -> ü§
   ý + § -> ý§
   þ + § -> þ§
   
   
10. The following 5 Grandha Consonants followed by the sign ¨, produce nedil consonants. E.g.
    
    ú + ¨ -> ú¨
    û + ¨ -> û¨
    ü + ¨ -> ü¨
    ý + ¨ -> ý¨
    þ + ¨ -> þ¨
    
    
11. The following 8 characters con be got bt typing either as full characters or as combination characters as in typewriter. E.g.
    
    Shift + Z -> û (or) à + -> û
    Shift + B -> þ (or) Ã + -> þ
    ¤ + û -> S (or) à + ¤ + -> S
    ¤ + þ -> V (or) Ã + ¤ + -> V
    ¦ + û -> o (or) à + ¦+ -> o
    ¦ + þ -> r (or) Ã + ¦+ -> r
    ¢ + û -> w (or) à + ¢+ -> w
    ¢ + þ -> z (or) Ã + ¢+ -> z
    
    
12. The following 3 characters can be got by typing either as full characters only. (The position 'Q' (ie) the position of second half of µ should be left blank) E.g.
    
    ] -> ý
    q -> µ
    
    
13. The two characters ³ and Æ, which are not available in the mannual typewriter. These can be got as follows E.g.
    
    + ë -> ³
    + ë -> Æ
    
    

Annexure I B

Left Top - Key Position
Left Bottom - Key Position
Right Top - A+Shift+Key
Right - A+Key
...Non breaking space

Annexure II B

1. 1. The conventional layout lacks many of thesymbols available in the computer keyboard. Also the Tamil symbols, now available with the Tamil99keyboard are also not available. In order to make these symbols also available for the conventional typist, in an easy way, it is proposed in the Enhanced Typewriter Keyboard Layout to make the A(upper case) as the escape key. This key is vacant in the typewriter keyboard. Once this key A is pressed, all the symbols in the computer keyboard become available in the same positions as shown on a computer keyboard. The layout of all these keys are shown in Annexure IB.
2. Note that this escape key is only for the symbols, and not for the numerals and the English letters. If any key other than those mentioned here is pressed key only should be activated.
3. The three numeral positions 2,3 and 4 are shown in this layout. They correspond to the symbols half (1/2), three quarters (3/4) and quarter (1/4). This is easy to remember. These symbols are not available in the TAM and TAB coding schemes. The vendoer may choose to place them in some of the vacant slots. For this, the positions 141 (1/4), 157(1/2), and 158(3/4) are recommended.
4. The Tamil symbols have also been provided, in the same places as in the Tamil 99 layout. Note that these symbols are available in the TAM code.
5. The copyright symbol can be obtained by typing c after the escape letter A.The bullet sign can be got by typing the full stop after the escape sequence A. Note that among the symbols, only the full stop will not be available as such, after the escape symbol.
6. The non breaking space (160)..... is available in the upper case N position.
   

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