<p dir="ltr">On Jun 23, 2015 9:05 PM, "Nathan C. Riddle" <<a href="mailto:nathanr333@charter.net">nathanr333@charter.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> Would point out that XO-1 keyboard can be set to toggle between U.S. and Arabic with alt gr-X (multiply key).<br>
> Have been doing this for U.S. / Spanish layouts. Helps for learning for English as second lanquage.<br>
><br>
> For /etc/sysconfig/keyboard :<br>
> XKBLAYOUT="us,ara"<br>
> XKBVARIANT="olpc,olpc"<br>
><br>
> Note that SKU 7, 41, 118 were Arabic keyboards, but can not find .png layout as for Spanish.<br>
><br>
> Does XO-4 permit this ?</p>
<p dir="ltr">Clarification from NCR:</p>
<p dir="ltr">" [live] <font color="#000000">switching not possible on XO-4 with mechanical keyboard -- no multiply / divide key :(</font></p>
<p dir="ltr"><font color="#000000">Arabic alone still possible. The keyboard layout is in OLPC_Arabic_Keyboard topic in below references.</font></p>
<p dir="ltr"><font color="#000000">For file /etc/</font><font color="#000000">sysconfig</font><font color="#000000">/keyboard edit lines to:</font></p>
<p dir="ltr"><font color="#000000">XKBLAYOUT</font><font color="#000000">="ara"</font><br>
<font color="#000000">XKBVARIANT</font><font color="#000000">="olpc"</font></p>
<p dir="ltr"><font color="#000000">(tested with XO-1 13.2.4)</font></p>
<p dir="ltr"><font color="#000000">References:</font><br>
<a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Localization"><font color="#000000">http://</font></a><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Localization"><font color="#000000">wiki.laptop.org</font></a><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Localization"><font color="#000000">/go/Localization</font></a><br>
<a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Category:Keyboard"><font color="#000000">http://</font></a><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Category:Keyboard"><font color="#000000">wiki.laptop.org</font></a><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Category:Keyboard"><font color="#000000">/go/Category:Keyboard</font></a><br>
<a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Arabic_Keyboard"><font color="#000000">http://</font></a><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Arabic_Keyboard"><font color="#000000">wiki.laptop.org</font></a><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Arabic_Keyboard"><font color="#000000">/go/OLPC_Arabic_Keyboard</font></a></p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Customizing_NAND_images"><font color="#000000">http://</font></a><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Customizing_NAND_images"><font color="#000000">wiki.laptop.org</font></a><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Customizing_NAND_images"><font color="#000000">/go/Customizing_</font></a><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Customizing_NAND_images"><font color="#000000">NAND</font></a><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Customizing_NAND_images"><font color="#000000">_images</font></a><font color="#000000"> Section on keyboards</font><br>
<a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Checking_the_Layout_configuration"><font color="#000000">http://</font></a><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Checking_the_Layout_configuration"><font color="#000000">wiki.laptop.org</font></a><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Checking_the_Layout_configuration"><font color="#000000">/go/Checking_the_Layout_configuration</font></a></p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Manufacturing_data"><font color="#000000">http://</font></a><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Manufacturing_data"><font color="#000000">wiki.laptop.org</font></a><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Manufacturing_data"><font color="#000000">/go/Manufacturing_data</font></a><br>
<a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Manufacturing_Data_Specification"><font color="#000000">http://</font></a><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Manufacturing_Data_Specification"><font color="#000000">wiki.laptop.org</font></a><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Manufacturing_Data_Specification"><font color="#000000">/go/Manufacturing_Data_Specification</font></a> "</p>
<p dir="ltr">> NCR<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 9:45 PM, Adam Holt wrote:<br>
><br>
> > Thanks Tim & Gonzalo for the great suggestions below:<br>
><br>
> Can I ask that you include public mailing lists so more can share from this<br>
> knowledge please, per Sarah's original email?<br>
><br>
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 4:48 PM, Tim Moody <<a href="mailto:tim@timmoody.com">tim@timmoody.com</a> > wrote:<br>
><br>
> > To a complete newbie like me on such matters it looks like there are 3<br>
> > aspects to getting Arabic or any other non-Roman language to work.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > 1. For fun I switched my xo4 to Arabic. I clicked on Write and all the<br>
> > prompts are in Arabic, but I still have a Roman keyboard and if I press 'a'<br>
> > I see Roman 'a', albeit from right to left (sort of).<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > 2. So I think I need to know how to map my keyboard to Arabic. Do your<br>
> > xos already have an Arabic keyboard with Arabic characters printed on the<br>
> > keys?<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > 3. And I need to know how to get an Arabic font. When I drop down font, I<br>
> > only see Roman.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > I tried to get back to English, but couldn't find it in the language list,<br>
> > so I had to reflash. One thing developers might consider is putting the<br>
> > name of the language in its native not translated form, so English not<br>
> > (from google translate)<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > الإنجليزية<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > The wikipedia does it that way.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Arabic_Keyboard">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Arabic_Keyboard</a> is this your layout?<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Keyboard_layouts">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Keyboard_layouts</a> doesn't mention Arabic for<br>
> > setxkbmap<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > <a href="http://aktub.com/arabic-keyboard-layout/">http://aktub.com/arabic-keyboard-layout/</a> shows setxkbmap -layout ara<br>
> > -variant basic<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > not sure if that is what you tried.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > I'd like to hear more about what works and what doesn't.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > *From:* support-gang [mailto:<a href="mailto:support-gang-bounces@lists.laptop.org">support-gang-bounces@lists.laptop.org</a>] *On<br>
> > Behalf Of *Gonzalo Odiard<br>
> > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 23, 2015 3:08 PM<br>
> > *To:* Community Support Volunteers -- who help respond to help AT<br>
> > <a href="http://laptop.org">laptop.org</a><br>
> > *Cc:* Martin Abente Lahaye<br>
> > *Subject:* Re: [support-gang] Language in Write Activity<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > Hi Sarah,<br>
> ><br>
> > We need more data to understand what is the problem and how to solve it.<br>
> ><br>
> > What software have you installed in your XOs? (You can go to My Settings<br>
> > -> About my computer,<br>
> ><br>
> > and check Build and Sugar version)<br>
> ><br>
> > About Write activity, what is the problem?<br>
> ><br>
> > Please explain what are you doing, what is the expected result,<br>
> ><br>
> > and what is happening. If you want send screenshots remember Alt+1<br>
> ><br>
> > save a screenshot in the journal.<br>
> ><br>
> > By the way, I am the current maintainer of the activity.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > You can see the state of acttivities and sugar translations here:<br>
> ><br>
> > <a href="http://translate.sugarlabs.org/ar/">http://translate.sugarlabs.org/ar/</a> <br>
> ><br>
> > If you want contribute to improve the translations (or find people on site<br>
> > who want to do it)<br>
> ><br>
> > you will need create a user on <a href="http://translate.sugarlabs.org">translate.sugarlabs.org</a> and request to the<br>
> > admins<br>
> ><br>
> > (cc in this mail) give you rights to edit the translations.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > Gonzalo<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 10:56 AM, Sarah Naguib <<a href="mailto:sanaguib@gmail.com">sanaguib@gmail.com</a> > wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > Hello all,<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > I have been working with the recipients of my laptops in Egypt, and we are<br>
> > 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. The<br>
> > 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<br>
> > ideas about how I could approach this problem, that would be much<br>
> > appreciated.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > Thank you so much for your time!<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > Sarah Naguib<br>
> ><br>
> > --<br>
> ><br>
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> ><br>
> > <a href="http://www.laptopsforegypt.wordpress.com">www.laptopsforegypt.wordpress.com</a><br>
> ><br>
> > <a href="mailto:sanaguib@gmail.com">sanaguib@gmail.com</a> <br>
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