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macOS Nepali Input Tool: Swift Solutions for Multilingual Typing

Google Input Tools for macOS

A english-nepali transliteration cloud input method that uses Google Input Tools as engine for macOS.

How to use

Install Xcode 12.5.0+.

Clone and build the project.

git clone https://github.com/ParajuliBkrm/macos-nepali-input-tool.git
cd macos-nepali-input-tool
./build.sh

if you get this error

 xcode-select: error: tool 'xcodebuild' requires Xcode, but active developer directory '/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools' is a command line tools instance

then run this command

sudo xcode-select -r

The output will be Users/[username]/Library/Input\ Methods/GoogleInputTools.app

Open System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Input Sources, click + to add a new input method, choose English -> Google Input Tools.

If you want to remove it, simply run below command.

rm -rf ~/Library/Input\ Methods/GoogleInputTools.app
rm -rf ~/Library/Input\ Methods/GoogleInputTools.swiftmodule

Screenshot

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Progress

  •  Basic input handling logic
    •  Space key to commit current highlighted candidate and add a space.
    •  Return key to commit current highlighted candidate.
    •  Number keys (1-9) to select candidate and commit
    •  Continue to show new candidates after partial matched candidate is selected and committed
    •  Backspace key to remove last composing letter
    •  Esc key to cancel composing
    •  Bypass modifier keys (Shift, Option, Command, Control)
    •  - and = keys to page up and page down candidate list respectively
    •  Handle Purnabiram | and Devnagari Numbers ०-९
  •  System UI
  •  Basic custom UI
    •  Numbered candidates
    •  Highlight current selected candidate
    •  Arrow keys to switch between highlighted candidate
    •  Group candidates into multiple pages, each page with at most 10 candidates
    •  Page up and page down button
    •  Draggable candidate window
  •  Cloud engine
    •  Cancel previous unnecessary web requests to speed up (Not tested Properly)

Download Details:

Author: Parajulibkrm
Source Code: https://github.com/Parajulibkrm/macos-nepali-input-tool 
License: GPL-3.0 license

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macOS Nepali Input Tool: Swift Solutions for Multilingual Typing
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