[Localization] [support-gang] Language in Write Activity
Adam Holt
holt at laptop.org
Thu Jun 25 01:02:18 EDT 2015
On Jun 23, 2015 9:05 PM, "Nathan C. Riddle" <nathanr333 at charter.net> wrote:
> Would point out that XO-1 keyboard can be set to toggle between U.S. and
Arabic with alt gr-X (multiply key).
> Have been doing this for U.S. / Spanish layouts. Helps for learning for
English as second lanquage.
>
> For /etc/sysconfig/keyboard :
> XKBLAYOUT="us,ara"
> XKBVARIANT="olpc,olpc"
>
> Note that SKU 7, 41, 118 were Arabic keyboards, but can not find .png
layout as for Spanish.
>
> Does XO-4 permit this ?
Clarification from NCR:
" [live] switching not possible on XO-4 with mechanical keyboard -- no
multiply / divide key :(
Arabic alone still possible. The keyboard layout is in
OLPC_Arabic_Keyboard topic in below references.
For file /etc/sysconfig/keyboard edit lines to:
XKBLAYOUT="ara"
XKBVARIANT="olpc"
(tested with XO-1 13.2.4)
References:
http:// <http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Localization>wiki.laptop.org
<http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Localization>/go/Localization
<http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Localization>
http:// <http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Category:Keyboard>wiki.laptop.org
<http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Category:Keyboard>/go/Category:Keyboard
<http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Category:Keyboard>
http:// <http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Arabic_Keyboard>wiki.laptop.org
<http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Arabic_Keyboard>/go/OLPC_Arabic_Keyboard
<http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Arabic_Keyboard>
http:// <http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Customizing_NAND_images>wiki.laptop.org
<http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Customizing_NAND_images>/go/Customizing_
<http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Customizing_NAND_images>NAND
<http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Customizing_NAND_images>_images
<http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Customizing_NAND_images> Section on keyboards
http:// <http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Checking_the_Layout_configuration>
wiki.laptop.org
<http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Checking_the_Layout_configuration>
/go/Checking_the_Layout_configuration
<http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Checking_the_Layout_configuration>
http:// <http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Manufacturing_data>wiki.laptop.org
<http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Manufacturing_data>/go/Manufacturing_data
<http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Manufacturing_data>
http:// <http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Manufacturing_Data_Specification>
wiki.laptop.org <http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Manufacturing_Data_Specification>
/go/Manufacturing_Data_Specification
<http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Manufacturing_Data_Specification> "
> NCR
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 9:45 PM, Adam Holt wrote:
>
> > Thanks Tim & Gonzalo for the great suggestions below:
>
> Can I ask that you include public mailing lists so more can share from
this
> knowledge please, per Sarah's original email?
>
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 4:48 PM, Tim Moody <tim at timmoody.com > wrote:
>
> > To a complete newbie like me on such matters it looks like there are 3
> > aspects to getting Arabic or any other non-Roman language to work.
> >
> >
> >
> > 1. For fun I switched my xo4 to Arabic. I clicked on Write and all the
> > prompts are in Arabic, but I still have a Roman keyboard and if I press
'a'
> > I see Roman 'a', albeit from right to left (sort of).
> >
> >
> >
> > 2. So I think I need to know how to map my keyboard to Arabic. Do your
> > xos already have an Arabic keyboard with Arabic characters printed on
the
> > keys?
> >
> >
> >
> > 3. And I need to know how to get an Arabic font. When I drop down
font, I
> > only see Roman.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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)
> >
> >
> >
> > الإنجليزية
> >
> >
> >
> > The wikipedia does it that way.
> >
> >
> >
> > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Arabic_Keyboard is this your layout?
> >
> >
> >
> > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Keyboard_layouts doesn't mention Arabic for
> > setxkbmap
> >
> >
> >
> > http://aktub.com/arabic-keyboard-layout/ shows setxkbmap -layout ara
> > -variant basic
> >
> >
> >
> > not sure if that is what you tried.
> >
> >
> >
> > I'd like to hear more about what works and what doesn't.
> >
> >
> >
> > *From:* support-gang [mailto:support-gang-bounces at lists.laptop.org] *On
> > Behalf Of *Gonzalo Odiard
> > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 23, 2015 3:08 PM
> > *To:* Community Support Volunteers -- who help respond to help AT
> > laptop.org
> > *Cc:* Martin Abente Lahaye
> > *Subject:* Re: [support-gang] Language in Write Activity
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi Sarah,
> >
> > We need more data to understand what is the problem and how to solve it.
> >
> > What software have you installed in your XOs? (You can go to My Settings
> > -> About my computer,
> >
> > and check Build and Sugar version)
> >
> > About Write activity, what is the problem?
> >
> > Please explain what are you doing, what is the expected result,
> >
> > and what is happening. If you want send screenshots remember Alt+1
> >
> > save a screenshot in the journal.
> >
> > By the way, I am the current maintainer of the activity.
> >
> >
> >
> > You can see the state of acttivities and sugar translations here:
> >
> > http://translate.sugarlabs.org/ar/
> >
> > If you want contribute to improve the translations (or find people on
site
> > who want to do it)
> >
> > you will need create a user on translate.sugarlabs.org and request to
the
> > admins
> >
> > (cc in this mail) give you rights to edit the translations.
> >
> >
> >
> > Gonzalo
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 10:56 AM, Sarah Naguib <sanaguib at gmail.com >
wrote:
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> >
> >
> > I have been working with the recipients of my laptops in Egypt, and we
are
> > having a little bit of
> > trouble with the language. We managed to change the interface language
of
> > the XO to Arabic, but
> > obviously not all of the activites switch over to Arabic on their own.
The
> > ones that I am having the most trouble with are some of the number
> > activities, but most importantly, the Write activity. I did a lot of
online
> > research about how to switch the language, and I ended up following some
> > steps in Terminal, but I'm not sure if I messed up or what because now I
> > have to restore the computer back to factory settings. If you have any
> > ideas about how I could approach this problem, that would be much
> > appreciated.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thank you so much for your time!
> >
> >
> >
> > Sarah Naguib
> >
> > --
> >
> > Sarah Naguib
> >
> > www.laptopsforegypt.wordpress.com
> >
> > sanaguib at gmail.com
> >
> >
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