[Etoys] Greek and other languages support

[spyronis at ceid.upatras.gr]

>>> >     4. Evaluate:
>>> >
>>> > 	TTCFontSet installExternalFontFileName: 'GreekTT.out'.
>>> >
>>> >       to load the font file.
>>> >
>>> >     5. Evaluate
>>> >
>>> > 	newID := LocaleID isoString: 'el'.
>>> > 	t := InternalTranslator
>>> > 		newLocaleID: (LocaleID isoString: 'el').
>>> > 	NaturalLanguageTranslator translators at: newID put: t.
>>> > 	Locale switchTo: (Locale localeID: (LocaleID isoString: 'el'))
>>> >
>>> >      in a workspace.
>>> >
>>> How/Where steps 4,5 are done??
>>
>>   "Workspace" is a kind of command line interpreter where you can type
>> and evaluate Smalltalk code snippet.  (It is just a text editor,
>> actually but this is one way to look at it.)
>>
>>   The developer's image available at:
>>
>> http://tinlizzie.org/olpc/etoys-dev-2.3-1815.zip
>>
>> is a good start.  Launch the .image in it by double clicking or
>> executing command like:
>>
>>   % squeak etoys-dev-2.3-1815.image
>>
>> Make sure the computer is connected to the Internet, and press "load
>> code updates" button near bottom-left in the Squeak screen.
>>
>>   Then, click on the empty area in the Squeak screen.  You have
>> "open..." item in the "World" menu that pops up.  Click on "open..."
>> and you get "workspace (k)" in the menu.  If you click on the menu
>> item, you should get a white/gray window in the Squeak screen.
>>
>>   Copy and paste the above expressions into the workspace, and select
>> the text you want to evaluate by dragging the area by mouse.  (The
>> selection should be green.)  Then press "Alt-d" (i.e., hold Alt key,
>> and hit "D" key).
>>
>>   4. will take some time (like 45 seconds).  Be patient.
>>
>> -- Yoshiki
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>
> Thanks a lot for the infos.. they worked..
> There are also some issues..
>
> The 7 greek vowels take sometimes accents such as έ,ά,ό,ί,ή,ώ,ύ
> The caps also: Έ,Ά,Ό,Ί,Ή,Ώ,Ό.
> [Accented greek words produced when pressed ' and then the vowel]
>
> In small caps all are supported except: έ.
> In caps the only one supported is Ώ.
> [note that when i type ' (accent) and then ε or E,A,H.. it appears a space
> character and then the accent ']
> same happens to translated .po text]
>
> Another issue is how possibly can this work in linux squeak VM ?? (VM for
> the OLPC)
> What changes have to be done?? Are there any manuals/help/steps which can
> help me in this task??
> I must also tell you that when i run the image that worked on Windows VM
> it works fine in Linux VM for the .po translated text.. The problem
> appears in greek input...
>
>
> Thanks again, John Spyronis.
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A small correction:
> [note that when i type ' (accent) and then ε or E,A,H.. it appears a space
> character and then the accent ']
-- it appears first the accent and then the space.