[Localization] 8.2 Languages, Keyboards and Layouts

[Sayamindu Dasgupta]

On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 9:53 PM, Sayamindu Dasgupta <sayamindu at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 9:00 PM, Greg Smith <gregsmitholpc at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Sayamindu,
>>
>> Great edits, I think that nails it!
>>
>
> Excellent!
>
>> I made two changes. I added with "a single translation" to the sentence
>> about multiple regions. I'm trying to make it clear that all regions use the
>> same text. Let me know if that doesn't work for you.
>>
>> I also adjusted this sentence: "Please note that none of the translations
>> are officially supported by OLPC". I hope that makes it more clear that
>> neither the partially translated languages nor the more fully translated
>> ones are "supported" by OLPC/
>>
>
> Both the edits sounds logical.
>
>
>> On Keyboard layouts, I'm most interested in how they change it on their own.
>> I think we have the manufacturing process well understood and hopefully
>> documented. The release notes info is mostly for users trying to adjust
>> their language in the field.
>>
>
>
> Ok - I'll put that up in a page and link it from the notes.
>

I wrote up some stuff on how to change the keyboard configuration at
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Localization/Changing_Keyboard_Layout

Let me know if this looks OK, or if I need to add more to it.

Thanks,
Sayamindu


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Sayamindu Dasgupta
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