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Frequently Asked Questions What is
Hindawi Programming System? Hindawi is a free, open-source, complete non-English
based systems programming platform supporting all paradigms of programming
languages from assembly language to logic and functional programming, which
effectively shatters the language barrier allowing non English literates to
take up computer sciences and participate in the ICT revolution at all levels
of technology, from primary school education to robotics and super-computing
in their mother tongue, without the need to master English. For all details regarding
Hindawi, please refer to our main FAQ page. What is
Hindawi Programming System (HPS) “Online”? In HPS online, Hindawi has been deployed on a JAVA
based virtual computer (JAVA PC or JPC). It acts like a local installation of
Hindawi and you can learn Hindawi using it. You do not have to install
anything on your computer. You can use Aadesh (Hindi command shell), Laghu (a
simplified Hindawi IDE), and Shaili Robot (Hindi LOGO). This is accompanied
by training videos on the top which will be uploaded on a regular basis. You
can view the video and practice it on the JPC Hindawi screen at the same
time. This method of learning to program attempts to foster self-explanatory
and exploratory learning which has a greater impact on learning and
forgetting does not set in easily. Students can define their own pace, and
re-listen to lectures till they have mastered a particular skill. Do I get
all the features of Hindawi on the online edition? Not as of Release 3. For all the features, it is
recommended that you download and
install Hindawi on your computer. For example, the text editor Laghu is a
scaled down online version of original text editor Lekhak. Currently you
cannot do copy – paste in Laghu unlike Lekhak. We aim at providing a complete
set of Hindi programming languages online with Release 4. How do I
learn to use it? Help files can be accessed by typing help. Training
videos are being uploaded regularly. I am not
able to type in the JPC Hindawi window? Click on the “Type key” button on the JPC panel.
This depends on your browser and Java plugin. We know that this problem does
not occur in IE 6.0, while it occurs in Firefox. Clicking on the “Type key”
button activates the keyboard listener of JPC. This is an identified issue. I am not
able to type in Hindi, characters appear in Roman? Use the Scroll Lock key. Scroll Lock on à Hindi and Scroll Lock off à English (Roman script) Do I need
any special keyboard for this? No. You do not even need any special keyboard
drivers. You can type in Hindi with your regular keyboard. Refer to the
Inscript (Indian Script) keyboard layout for typing in Hindi. The Inscript
keyboard overlay is standardized by the Department of Electronics (DOE),
Govt. of India. It contains characters required for all the Indian scripts, as
defined by the ISCII character set. It can be used on any QWERTY keyboard.
The Inscript overlay is active when Scroll Lock is on. Using the SHIFT key
(or CAPS LOCK active) selects the Hindi characters on the upper part of the
keys. It is possible to use ALT + SHIFT key to select the characters on the
number keys. To access English punctuation Scroll Lock has to be off /
inactive; comma and full stop are accessible even when Scroll Lock is
on. The ALT+SHIFT combination does not
work under HPS Online and you may need to turn scroll lock off and on to
enter certain punctuation characters that have Indic overlays in Inscript
layout. I have
deleted a system file by mistake on the HPS online page. What do I do now? A virtualized training environment of Hindawi allows
for a less constrained training situation. Hence, if you have deleted any
file (including the system files), there is no damage; since merely reloading
the web-page reinstates the original setup. This applies only to HPS Online –
modifying system files on the Linux, native, or DOSBox versions of Hindawi
will require reinstallation. You may damage your system if you delete a
system file using the native version of Hindawi. I had
saved a program on the Hindawi JPC and closed the webpage. Can I load the
program when I open the webpage again? No. Once you close the webpage, all changes are
lost. How can
one support Hindawi and related projects? The
authors are looking for support in terms of financial grants, besides
developers who would like to join into the effort. A lot of support is
required in terms of awareness generation. The authors would appreciate any
form of financial support such as financial grant, fellowship, sponsorship,
advertisements, co-branding offers, CD distribution offers, book publication
offers etc. Help us reach it to the people who need it. You need not pay us
anything for this, yes it is truly free. If you know a Indic medium school,
which you certainly do, tell them about it. If you have an old machine donate
it to some school, college or social group where it can be used to teach
Indic programming languages. If you want to provide financial support or
sponsorship please click here to visit
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