Sinhala Wijesekara Keyboard Layout for macOS

macOS සඳහා සිංහල විජේසේකර යතුරු පුවරුව

✔️ 100 % Unicode • No admin / sudo required • Works on macOS 10.9 – Sonoma

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⚡️ Quick Install (Terminal) — වේගවත් ක්‍රමය

bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sdasun/mac-wijesekara/master/install-wijesekara.sh)

That single command downloads sinhala‑wije.keylayout & .icns and places them in ~/Library/Keyboard Layouts/.

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🖱️ Manual Install — තනිවම බාගත කර ස්ථාපනය

1. Download the two files
   • sinhala-wije.keylayout
   • sinhala-wije.icns _{(If they open in the browser, right‑click ▸ Save Link As…)}
2. In Finder choose Go ▸ Home (⇧⌘H) → open Library ▸ Keyboard Layouts If Keyboard Layouts doesn’t exist, create it.
3. Drag both downloaded files into that folder.

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🔑 Enabling the Keyboard — යතුරු පුවරුව සක්‍රීය කිරීම

1. Log out and log back in (or simply reboot).
2. Open System Settings ▸ Keyboard ▸ Input Sources and click ➕.
3. Scroll down, expand Sinhala, select Sinhala Wijesekara, and click Add.

Open Input Sources	Click ➕	Choose Others -> sinhala-wije -> Add

Done

After adding, use the menu‑bar input switcher or your chosen shortcut to toggle between Sinhala and your other keyboards.

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ℹ️ Usage Notes — භාවිතා කිරීම

• This layout mirrors the standard Wijesekara hardware keyboard.
• The Option key on Mac replaces Alt Gr found on PC keyboards. E.g. to type "ඳ" press Option + ද.

For a full key chart and background, see the original blog post (2012): http://blog.dasun.me/2012/01/apple-mac-wijesekara-keylayout.html

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🙏 Feedback & Issues

Found a problem or have an improvement? Open an issue or pull request on GitHub → https://github.com/sdasun/mac-wijesekara.

Happy typing! 🇱🇰