To install Swanalekha
# apt-get install scim
# apt-get install scim-gtk2-immodule
# dpkg -i installation/gnu/cd_1/scim-modules-table_0.5.6-2_i386.deb
# dpkg -i installation/gnu/cd_1/scim-ml-phonetic_0.1.2-1_all.deb
Open text editor.
right click. select SCIM input method from Input Methods popup menu item
a keyboard icon will appear right corner of panel.
click that. a popup menu will come.
click ‘Swanalekha’ menu item from മലയാളം sub menu.
Now you can write മലയാളം in text editor.
Online: http://swanalekha.googlepages.com/swanalekha.html
NB: To get Malayalam version, add ml to the begining of URL and refresh the browser.
does the hash symbol required for this ?
I was just a user. No idea about hash symbol. Will ask the developer.