Sontana
Sontana is a text editor for the Thai language, designed to make it
easy to enter Thai text on non-Thai systems. You do not need a
Thai version of your OS or even a Thai keyboard. You do not need extensive technical
knowledge, everything is kept simple.
Sontana will automatically convert text loaded, inserted or copied from the clipboard
into a readable format. You can save in any supported format.
Features
- Type in Thai without a Thai version of your OS or installing any special language packs.
- Virtual keyboard.
- Automatically convert from 4 different formats to a format of your choice (using
the same code as my thaiconv
tool). You can even copy to the clipboard in a format of your choice.
- Enforce Thai letter sequence order (using the same code as my thaicheck
tool) and also check other files.
- Switch to a Thai keymap without using a special input method.
- Basic features of text editor: cut, copy, paste, insert file, go to a specific line, search for text.
- Variable level of reminders if you quit or open a new file without saving.
- Small binary that can be run from a USB key disk without any special installation: great if you want to
check Thai email when on holiday.
- User interface translated to Thai and Japanese (default is English).
- Free.
Requirements
Download
Please see the Changelog. The latest version is 1.4
No special installation is required. Just uncompress the archive in a spare directory.
Acknowledgements
Many thanks to the translators,
- Japanese by Tomoyuki Mukasa.
- Thai by Chalida Piyathamrongchai and Lyndon Hill.
Other languages available on request - if you are willing to translate then please contact me.
If you use Sontana, please send me an email to let me know, even if you just say "Sontana r0xx0r!" Thanks.
|