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pythonbrad

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About pythonbrad

I am an open source contributor.

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    Comment #46445793

    Happy New year from Cameroon

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    Ask HN: Any active African open source organization in Africa?

    I am curious to know if there are African opensource organizations that are active in the development of opensource technologies.

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    Show HN: afrim – A framework for input method engine

    afrim is a framework and toolset that facilitates the implementation of input method engines (IMEs). Initially introduced as an IME for African languages[1], afrim has now evolved …

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    Comment #41694564

    Working on Afrim a library to facilitate the development of an input method engine. https://github.com/fodydev/afrim

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    Comment #41436036

    The current Excalidraw looks advanced compared to your own. And the whiteboard is saved at the level of the web browser. I tested ExcaliHub and i don't have seen the possibility to…

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    Comment #41432004

    I added a FAQ[1] to answer some common questions. For more reading, there is an article[2] who have similarities with what we want to achieve. Disclaimer: We discovered the article…

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    Comment #41430622

    `afrim` is not just an IME. It can be used as a library to develop another IME. It's an important point that I neglected in the README.

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    Comment #41430522

    It’s true that we currently have few languages in our dataset, but by supporting Nufi, we are supporting all Cameroonian languages since their alphabets have been standardized unde…

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    Comment #41429994

    Thanks, currently I am using Debian (Wayland) and it will be great to test this enigo feature.

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    Comment #41429410

    It looks a little bit similar to the working of the clafrica code to type in General Alphabet of Cameroonian languages. Clafrica: Pookai2t peu2nze2e2 n*kut ! Shʉ̄pāpə̀m (Bamoun): P…

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    Comment #41428988

    The initial work was a prototype, we are currently working on the usage of text service for windows, and IBUS for Linux (mainly Wayland environment). But the next release, will tak…

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    Comment #41428821

    Windows is supported through https://github.com/pythonbrad/afrim-wish

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    Comment #41428783

    Using the phonetic representation (IPA), you can obtain a writing system similar to the pinyin. Hanyu Pinyin Hànyǔ Pīnyīn Fāng'àn Bopomofo ㄏㄢˋ ㄩˇ ㄆㄧㄣ ㄧㄣ ㄈㄤ ㄢˋ IPA [xân.ỳ pʰín.í…

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    Comment #41428676

    I understand your point, we should do a big work at the level of the documentation.

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    Comment #41428654

    Thanks for your feedback, i will take it in account.

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    Show HN: A modern way to type in African languages

    Hello HN, I'm pythonbrad and a core maintainer of Afrim - an input method engine for African languages. Afrim want to simplify the typing in African languages and also digitalize t…

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    Comment #37359234

    Location: Buea, Cameroon Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Possible Technologies: Rust, Python, Linux, CI/CD, Docker Résumé/CV: https://1drv.ms/b/s!Ao6erEi_YuOzgaQER44qAn3LrGKsiw Em…