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# Probhat Keyboard Layout for Mac OSX
This project provides the Probhat keyboard layout as a Mac OS native bundle. Probhat is one of the most popular keyboard layouts for the Bangla (aka Bengali) language.
This is faithful to the scheme published at [ekushey.org][e] <sup>[🏛][w]</sup> with two variations:
- **Probhat (BD)**: BDT symbol (৳) on <kbd>SHIFT</kbd>+<kbd>4</kbd>
- **Probhat (IN)**: INR symbol (₹) on <kbd>SHIFT</kbd>+<kbd>4</kbd>
*if this is useful to you, feel free to add a github star, thanks!*
## Install
### With Homebrew
Run this command to install:
```sh
brew install --cask bdeshi/taps/probhat-keyboard-layout
```
and this one to uninstall:
```sh
brew uninstall --cask bdeshi/taps/probhat-keyboard-layout
```
### Without Homebrew
Download and open a **source archive** of this project from the [Releases][r] page, and copy [`ProbhatKeyboardLayout.bundle`][p] to `~/Library/Keyboard Layouts/` (`~` means your home folder).
To uninstall, remove `ProbhatKeyboardLayout.bundle` from `~/Library/Keyboard Layouts/`.
## Usage
*These directions may differ slightly across Mac OS versions.*
Go to **System Settings > Keyboard**, add Probhat (BD) or Probhat (IN) in the **Input Sources** section.
Find or set the keyboard shortcut for cycling layouts in **System Settings > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > Input Sources**.
Layouts can be cycled from the menu bar as well by enabling the input menu item.
## Issues
Please report issues or feature requests on [github][s1] (or [gitea][s2]).
## Credits
- The Probhat layout was developed by ankurbangla.org.
- This Mac OS native keyboard layout bundle was generated with [Ukelele][k] (no guitars, sorry).
<hr>
## The Keyboard Layout
![graphical view of the layout](./probhat-layout-apple-wireless.png)
<sup>image generated with https://keyboard-layout-editor.com</sup>
[e]: https://www.ekushey.org/?page/probhat_layout
[w]: https://web.archive.org/web/20200815053905/https://ekushey.org/?page/probhat_layout
[r]: /bdeshi/probhat-mac-osx/releases
[p]: ProbhatKeyboardLayout.bundle
[s1]: https://github.com/bdeshi/probhat-mac-osx/issues
[s2]: https://git.bdeshi.space/bdeshi/probhat-mac-osx/issues
[k]: https://software.sil.org/ukelele/