Shortcuts / Syntax that Tamil99 users should know

Tamil99 users should be aware of some shortcuts / Syntax.

1. To write க்க just type க க in sequence. No need to press f after first க to bring the dot over க.

similarly, த+த = த்த, ம+ம = ம்ம.

2. For frequent combination of letters like ந்த, ஞ்ச, ன்ற, ண்ட, ங்க, ம்ப the same rule applies. Just press ந த in sequence to get ந்த. No need to press f after ந.

3. To write நத்தை, press ந+அ+த+த+ஐ.The அ after ந specifies that it is ந and not ந். If you just press ந+த you will get only ந்த. Similarly for தத்தம், தத்தை etc.,

4. Works only in Tamilkey firefox extension and NHM Writer – To write அஃது, எஃகு etc., – ஃ following a உயிர் or அகரமல்லா உயிர்மெய், you need not press SHIFT+f to get ஃ . Just pressing f would bring ஃ in these places. Because the natural key output for f, the புள்ளி cannot occur after உயிர் or அகரமல்லா உயிர்மெய் according to tamil grammar.

5. To write Tamil numerals, press ~ key followed by the number without any space in between.