PechaMaker

I don't have a Vista machine so I have not tested on one. I expect that it will work. However, one user has reported problems getting all the characters in TCC fonts to appear correctly under Vista. I have not had a chance to see the problem. I will try to borrow a machine and give it a go. If someo...

Please send me a few of the .dct files that don't work.
And let me know what is failing for you.
Thanks Bj

Dropping the tsheg at the end of lines in these texts was certainly deliberate - and I think it goes to show that there was not a single set of rules for formatting Tibetan - but that different conventions were followed by different traditions of calligraphy Thanks Chris for pointing this out; that...

Well, anything auspicious seems like a good idea to me.

Chris, do you think I should raise the limits to 7, 13, and 21?
If it might make someone feel better then I'm all for it.

Has anyone tried getting PechaMaker to run on OS X under CrossOver? Please post any information you have. It would be very helpful if someone could try this and let everyone know. I don't have a OS X machine so I can't test it. CrossOver allows MSWindows programs to run on an Intel Mac. You can read...

The installer for PechaMaker version 1.12 has been upgraded. Now the TibetanMachine option will fully install the 5 fonts of the TibetanMachine typeface for you. If you enable this option it will make the system calls to install the fonts and registry entries. It also leaves a zip'ed copy of the fon...

PechaMaker version 1.12 has a basic (OK, experimental) level of support for importing .dct files. It looks like .dct files do not contain information indicating which fonts were in use when the file was written. So, I decided to pop up a dialog that explains this and asks for indications of which fo...

Version 1.12 is now available for download. - Upgraded the installer so it will install the TibetanMachine typeface if selected. The previous installers required the user to unzip a file and install the fonts. - Added basic support for importing TibetDoc (.dct) files. - Also added another control fo...

I have a version of PM that can read in .dct (TibetDoc) files. It only reads in the text; it does not read in any format information. No information about font name, font size, font style, etc. It looks to me like that information is not stored in a .dct file. So, PM just reads the text characters a...

Please try version 1.11 for Sambhota keymap support. Start version 1.11 and use the Format->Sambhota Keymaps menu item to select one of the three keymaps; Sambhota1, Sambhota2, or Sambhota3. (If you use an external keyboard manager for mapping you will have to select the "Disable mapping" button so ...

Version 1.11 is now available for download. Be aware that files saved with version 1.11 will not be readable by older versions of PechaMaker. Once a .pxp or .pxc file is overwritten (saved) by version 1.11 you can not use version 1.10 or older to read the file. Added Sambhota1, Sambhota2, and Sambho...

Still need more people to test the new Sambhota keyboard support! If you want to contribute to enhancing PechaMaker, now would be a good time. Bj has been very helpful and found several bugs. This is a big change and there are likely to be more bugs. More eyes looking would be even better. Just rais...

Oh, I see. I guess he is the person developing the fonts, I didn't catch that. Thank you, I will contact Lobsang Monlam to ask about the keyboard.

I have already added support for recognizing "Monlam ouchan 1", 2, 3, and 4 as Tibetan fonts; that will be in 1.11.

fwj

Bj, could you send me the email address and name for the monk you have been in contact with. I would like to ask him for the map of the Bod-Yig keyboard or other keyboards that work with his fonts. Thanks

OK, I received instructions from folks at Nitartha on how to interpret their mapping files. I am coding up support for their Keymap1, Keymap2, and Keymap3 keyboards now. If someone is interested in helping test this before I release it, please let me know. I would like to have it pretty solid before...