Sontana

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.

Sontana 1.4 Screenshot with Thai Interface, the Default GUI is in English.

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

  • Thai font
  • QT 4.3.0

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.


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