[Localization] [UKids] Fwd: [support-gang] Language in Write Activity

[Adam Holt]

On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 10:03 AM, Sarah Naguib <sanaguib at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm going to try to answer as many of these questions as I can in one
> email. Thank you all for your quick replies and your helpful suggestions!
> Hopefully this will answer some of your questions.
>
> Gonzalo: I believe the edition of the software is 13.2.2 on the laptops.
> The problem with the Write Activity is that while the interface of the
> computer is in Arabic, when I actually type in the Write Activity, the
> typing appears in English. I want to find a way to type in Arabic. I hope I
> am better explaining what my situation is now.
>
> Tim: Yes! What you experienced is the exact problem that I faced--there is
> no Arabic font. I tried to install Arabic as a font following the steps
> from this link:
> http://palexo.blogspot.com/2009/04/writing-in-arabic-in-sugar.html. When
> we bought the laptops, we purchased them with English keyboards, and then
> we separately purchased keyboard stickers with the Arabic alphabet on them
> and attached them to the English keys, such that they match the layout in
> the link that you provided. Hope this helps.
>
> Walter/Nathan: I tried the OLPC variant when I was in Terminal (see
> http://palexo.blogspot.com/2009/04/writing-in-arabic-in-sugar.html) and
> when I tried to add Arabic as either the sole language or as an additional
> language to English, it didn't work, which is why I am going to have to
> reflash the computer.
>
> Thank you all so much! Hopefully these answers help a little!
>

Absolutely.  Bonus if you can identify the exact XO model (each laptop's
SKU# is marked under the white battery) which should correspond to a
3-digit-number number in this list: @
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Manufacturing_data#XO-4

 Sarah
>
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 12:38 AM, Tony Anderson <tony_anderson at usa.net>
> wrote:
>
>>  I find one or more laptops set to Arabic when I go to Ecole Saint Jacobs
>> in Rwanda. I believe the kids are trying out things and Arabic is the first
>> locale.
>>
>> You can go to settings (wrench icon) where there is a drop-down list of
>> languages (in Arabic, of course). The list only shows the up arrow (I
>> suspect a bug in that the arrow got reversed, but not the list). Anyway if
>> you move down to click on the list, you get both buttons. Move the list
>> down and the languages are shown with a latin alternative (e.g. (USA)). As
>> I have told the teachers, move the list down and pick any language. The
>> odds are it won't be Arabic but a language with a Latin alphabet. Then it
>> is easy to go back to English.
>>
>> Tony
>>
>> Subject: Re: [Localization] [support-gang] Language in Write Activity
>> To: Sarah Naguib <sanaguib at gmail.com>
>> Cc: Adam Holt <holt at laptop.org>, "Community Support Volunteers -- who
>> help respond to help AT laptop.org" <support-gang at lists.laptop.org>,
>> Martin Abente Lahaye <martin.abente.lahaye at gmail.com>, OLPC Localization
>> list <localization at lists.laptop.org>, Unleash Kids! <
>> unleashkids at googlegroups.com>
>> On 06/24/2015 01:30 AM, Adam Holt wrote:
>>
>> >> I tried to get back to English, but couldn't find it in the language
>> list,
>> >> so I had to reflash.  One thing developers might consider is putting
>> the
>> >> name of the language in its native not translated form, so English not
>> (from
>> >> google translate)
>>
>>
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