Xobdo Mac Keyboard

Why Xobdo Keyboard

Although the modern commercial Operating Systems now include a keyboard for Assamese typing, I feel comfortable with a keyboard mapping we developed in 2007 long before Microsoft & Apple shipped Assamese keyboards in Windows & Mac OS.

Installing & Enabling Xobdo Keyboard

STEP 1: Download the Assamese-Xobdo.keyboard file. Place it under 'Downloads' folder under your home folder

STEP 2. Copy the Assamese-Xobdo.keyboard to "Library/Keyboard Layouts" folder.

• If you want to use it only for your user account, place it under your user home (~/Library/Keyboard Layouts). If you want to make it available to anybody working in your Mac then place it under system home (/Library/Keyboard Layouts )

• You can use the Finder app to copy

• You can also use the 'Terminal' app and to run the following commands in blue to copy the file

Go to Home directory: cd

Go to Downloads folder: cd Downloads

Check for the file: ls -l Assamese-Xobdo.keylayout

Check for the target folder:

ls -l /Library/Keyboard\ Layouts

Copy file as admin/super user, it will prompt for your password

sudo cp Assamese-Xobdo.keylayout /Library/Keyboard\ Layouts

Verify that the file is copied :

ls -l /Library/Keyboard\ Layouts\Assamese-Xobdo.keylayout

• Use the following image for reference

STEP 3: Enable the Xobdo Keyboard

• Go to "System Preferences" -> "Keyboard" -> "Input Sources".

• Click on the "+" sign at the bottom left -> It will open the list of available keyboards

• Scroll down all the way and select 'Other' on the left box. On the right box, you will see 'Assamese-Xobdo'

• Select 'Assamese-Xobdo' and hit add

• Check on the 'Input Menu' on top right menu bar. If you click on it, it should show the keyboards added in above steps, including the Assamese-Xobdo option

• Switch Keyboard to 'Assamese-Xobdo', open a document and start typing

• Use the following images for reference