Baraha

Baraha editor

Baraha is a text editor for Indian languages. It has basic text editing features such as Bold, Italic, Underline, Font, Font Size, Text Color, Alignment, Bullets and Indentation. Though Baraha internally uses ANSI data and ANSI fonts, User can choose Unicode encoding when he copies/exports the text for use with external applications. See: Unicode vs ANSI

The Interface

The interface consists of several window panes. User may resize the windows by dragging the horizontal/vertical separators using the mouse.

The Input Window is where the user types the text using the Phonetic keyboard.

The Preview Window is where the user sees the text converted to the selected script in real time. This window shows only the currently edited line of the text in the Input Window and highlights the current word edited. User may also select a portion of the text in the Input Window, which will be shown in the Preview Window.

The Output Window is where the user sees the complete output. During editing, user may press the Convert button on the standard toolbar (CTRL+T hot key) to convert the entire input text to the selected language. User may also select a portion of the text in the Input Window and convert it.

The Help Window shows the various help topics given under the Help menu. The Help Window may also be shown or hidden using the and buttons on the standard toolbar.

Using Baraha