<div dir="ltr">On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 9:49 AM, Sarah Naguib <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sanaguib@gmail.com" target="_blank">sanaguib@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi all, </div><div> </div><div>Thank you so much for all of your replies! I really appreciate all of the feedback! I'm going to try to answer all of your questions in one email. </div><div> </div><div><b>Adam</b>:</div><div><li><b>Can you please outline (or transcribe) what steps you took in Terminal? </b>I followed the steps outlined at: <a href="http://palexo.blogspot.com/2009/04/writing-in-arabic-in-sugar.html" target="_blank">http://palexo.blogspot.com/2009/04/writing-in-arabic-in-sugar.html</a></li><li></li></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Got it, 6 years later I hope experts can tell us what can be salvaged above!<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><li><b>Tell us which exact OS </b><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Releases" target="_blank"><font color="#000080"><b>http://wiki.laptop.org/go/</b></font><font color="#000080"><b>Releases</b></font></a><b> you installed? </b>I believe I installed 13.2.2</li><li></li></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Release 13.2.2 on XO-4 contains Write 90 according to <a href="http://download.laptop.org/xo-4/os/official/13.2.2-15/32015o4.activities.txt">http://download.laptop.org/xo-4/os/official/13.2.2-15/32015o4.activities.txt</a><br><br></div><div>Ask Gonzalo if Write-97 that comes with 13.2.3 is superior? Or try it directly @ <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/13.2.3">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/13.2.3</a> ?<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><li><b>Which exact version of the Write activity you're running? (versions should be shown in the top-right of Sugar's Home View, if you change from Ring/Spiral View to List View?) </b>As I haven't yet had the time to restore my computer to factory settings from last week, I can't actually check to see the version of the Write activity that I am running. I work full time during the week this summer, so this weekend, I should be able to reimage the computer and let you know. </li></div><div> </div><div>Also, Adam, do you happen to have an email address/an alternate way of contacting SJ Klein? I'm not on Twitter :( </div></div></blockquote><div> <br></div><div>He is cc'd above!<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div> <b>Nick</b>: The laptops were distributed between two schools, one with internet access and one without. I never thought to use an online editor in place of the write activity--I will have to explore that more (for the school with the internet access) and let you know.</div><div> </div><div><b>Nancie</b>: Thank you so much for the PDF! I will definitely look into it and keep you posted.</div><div> </div><div>Again, thank you all so so much!</div><div><br>Sarah</div><div> </div><div> </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 7:29 PM, Walter Bender <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:walter.bender@gmail.com" target="_blank">walter.bender@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5">As I recall, Barbara Barry provided support in Gaza.<br>
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regards.<br>
<br>
-walter<br>
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On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 3:01 PM, Adam Holt <<a href="mailto:holt@laptop.org" target="_blank">holt@laptop.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 2:49 PM, Nancie Severs <<a href="mailto:nanciesevers@gmail.com" target="_blank">nanciesevers@gmail.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Hi Sarah,<br>
>> Congratulations! You are in Egypt with the XOs you worked so hard to get<br>
>> for the children there! I am so glad to hear of this project implementation.<br>
>> I understand the frustration of being on site in the field and needing<br>
>> help. I’m not sure I can help but I want you to know that we are out here<br>
>> following the Unleash Kids list and will help where we can.<br>
>><br>
>> Does anyone know if the XOs in Gaza have a language pack working in<br>
>> Arabic? @Adam who worked on that project? That would be someone who might be<br>
>> able to help.<br>
><br>
><br>
> SJ Klein would likely know! Tweet to <a href="https://twitter.com/metasj" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/metasj</a> if nec.<br>
><br>
>><br>
>> Nick's suggestion can apply...if Internet, probably Gnome has been<br>
>> localized to Arabic and you can use the XOs on the Gnome side in Arabic.<br>
>> But, that doesn't help with Sugar for kids.<br>
>><br>
>> In Vietnam in 2009 2010 I was trying to install the Vietnamese language<br>
>> pack for the XO. I was in touch with two folks who were helping, but alas,<br>
>> by the time I got these instructions, I was no longer out at the remote site<br>
>> where the XOs were. I don’t know if they ever got it working. I’ve copied<br>
>> Marina V on this email as she worked on this issue in Vietnam also. Marina<br>
>> made great progress downloading children's books. I copy Chris Leonard<br>
>> too...He is the fantastic localization volunteer and knows a lot. If you<br>
>> don't find answers below then maybe Chris L and folks on the localization<br>
>> list can help!<br>
>><br>
>> I am attaching a PDF where I copy a string of old emails, from Match 2010<br>
>> with instructions on how to install the Vietnamese language pack. And<br>
>> questions and problems we had trying to get it to work. If you read through<br>
>> this, and obviously use the arabic language pack( instead of the Vietnamese<br>
>> one), perhaps something in these instructions will solve your problem! I<br>
>> hope so!<br>
>><br>
>> Please see attached and good luck!<br>
>> Best,<br>
>> Nancie<br>
>><br>
>> Nancie G. Severs<br>
>> Treasure Each Day<br>
>><br>
>> On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 9:56 AM, Sarah Naguib <<a href="mailto:sanaguib@gmail.com" target="_blank">sanaguib@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> Hello all,<br>
>>> I have been working with the recipients of my laptops in Egypt, and we<br>
>>> are having a little bit of<br>
>>> trouble with the language. We managed to change the interface language of<br>
>>> the XO to Arabic, but<br>
>>> obviously not all of the activites switch over to Arabic on their own.<br>
>>> The ones that I am having the most trouble with are some of the number<br>
>>> activities, but most importantly, the Write activity. I did a lot of online<br>
>>> research about how to switch the language, and I ended up following some<br>
>>> steps in Terminal, but I'm not sure if I messed up or what because now I<br>
>>> have to restore the computer back to factory settings. If you have any ideas<br>
>>> about how I could approach this problem, that would be much appreciated.<br>
>>> Thank you so much for your time!<br>
>>> Sarah Naguib<br>
><br>
><br>
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