<div dir="ltr">Adding to what Jerry said about the fonts, you need to know that <div>recent versions of Write activity do not show all the fonts available</div><div>in the system (There are many fonts installed by libraries</div><div>that are not usable on Sugar)</div><div>You can install the activity Fonts (<a href="http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4669">http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4669</a>)</div><div>to select what fonts will be available on Write (and Paint and FotoToon)</div><div>That activity also show a preview of the fonts, but using a English text.</div><div><br></div><div>Gonzalo</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 8:01 PM, Jerry Vonau <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:me@jvonau.ca" target="_blank">me@jvonau.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Using [1] as a guide, comparing what is installed in the build[2] with what<br>
is defined as arabic-support in comps[3] it appears that you might need to<br>
use the steps listed(yum...) before moving on. Think you might need to<br>
enable SCIM support[4] but I'm not sure on that part and more info on<br>
fonts[5].<br>
<br>
Hope it helps,<br>
<br>
Jerry<br>
<br>
1. <a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/I18N/Language_Support_Using_Yum" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/I18N/Language_Support_Using_Yum</a><br>
2.<br>
<a href="http://download.laptop.org/xo-4/os/official/13.2.2-15/32015o4.packages.txt" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://download.laptop.org/xo-4/os/official/13.2.2-15/32015o4.packages.txt</a><br>
3. <a href="https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/comps.git/tree/comps-f18.xml.in" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/comps.git/tree/comps-f18.xml.in</a><br>
4. <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/SCIM#SCIM_on_the_XO" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/SCIM#SCIM_on_the_XO</a><br>
5. <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Fonts" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Fonts</a><br>
<br>
> On July 18, 2015 at 5:29 PM Adam Holt <<a href="mailto:holt@laptop.org">holt@laptop.org</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 6:12 PM, Gary Martin <<a href="mailto:garycmartin@gmail.com">garycmartin@gmail.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
<span class="">><br>
> ><br>
> > > On 18 Jul 2015, at 19:44, Adam Holt <<a href="mailto:holt@laptop.org">holt@laptop.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Tim Moody who's away this week, strongly suspects there's an issue<br>
> > > with<br>
> > the underlying OS not displaying Arabic characters correctly in the<br>
> > first<br>
> > place on these X-4O's, regardless of the Write activity. Hopefully<br>
> > someone<br>
> > else can confirm, Sarah and her team by testing directly, confirmed by<br>
> > others familiar with how keyboard mapping works?<br>
> ><br>
> > Are these XO-4 laptop variants with touch screen hardware support?<br>
><br>
><br>
> Yes, according to the SKU312 line @<br>
</span><span class="">> <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Manufacturing_data#XO-4" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Manufacturing_data#XO-4</a> , Thanks Gary.<br>
><br>
> If so the Maliit based onscreen keyboard [1] supports Arabic out of the<br>
> > box. You would just need to make sure Arabic is chosen as at least one<br>
> > of<br>
> > the languages in the Language Control Panel; restart Sugar; and trigger<br>
> > the<br>
> > on screen touch keyboard (usually by folding the laptop into tablet<br>
> > mode).<br>
><br>
><br>
> Sarah please try this on OS 13.2.2 and 13.2.5 both (from<br>
</span><span class="">> <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Releases" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Releases</a>) and let us know what works!<br>
><br>
> I’ve been out of the loop on the Write Activity development for a long<br>
> time<br>
> > so I can’t remember if there were specific issues with it regarding<br>
> > Arabic,<br>
> > apologies.<br>
> ><br>
> > Regards,<br>
> > —Gary<br>
> ><br>
> > [1] <a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Garycmartin/Maliit_Layouts" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Garycmartin/Maliit_Layouts</a><br>
</span><span class="">> > [2]<br>
> > <a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Garycmartin/Maliit_Layouts#mediaviewer/File:Olpc-xo-grey-fill2-ar.png" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Garycmartin/Maliit_Layouts#mediaviewer/File:Olpc-xo-grey-fill2-ar.png</a><br>
> ><br>
> > ><br>
</span><span class="">> > > Sarah can certainly confirm laptops' SKU# (printed on the XO-4s,<br>
> > underneath the white battery) which would appear to be SKU312 according<br>
> > to<br>
</span><span class="">> > <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Manufacturing_data#XO-4" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Manufacturing_data#XO-4</a> -- which implies<br>
> > USA/English single-membrane keyboard. Arabic Stickers may have been<br>
> > applied to each key, if I recall Sarah's earlier description.<br>
> > ><br>
</span>> > > On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 10:57 AM, Sarah Naguib <<a href="mailto:sanaguib@gmail.com">sanaguib@gmail.com</a>><br>
<span class="">> > wrote:<br>
> > > Hi all!<br>
> > ><br>
> > > I hope that all of you have been doing well. I just realized that I<br>
> > > have<br>
> > had this email sitting in my drafts for almost a week--I never hit the<br>
> > "send" button!<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Anyways, I wanted to let everyone know about the updates that I have<br>
> > about translating the Write Activity on my XO4 laptops into Arabic. As<br>
> > of<br>
> > right now, I haven't been able to make it work. I found out that I am<br>
> > using<br>
> > 13.2.2 OS on my XO4, in case some of you were wondering. I checked out<br>
</span><span class="">> > <a href="http://translate.sugarlabs.org/ar/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://translate.sugarlabs.org/ar/</a> as some of you suggested, and it<br>
> > seems<br>
> > like the Write Activity is almost completely translated into Arabic,<br>
> > which<br>
> > is great news. I have also tried the same instructions that I included<br>
> > in<br>
> > my original email to try to change the language in the Terminal, and I<br>
> > have<br>
> > had to reflash the laptop three more times since then. I have also<br>
> > tried<br>
> > using the toggle feature so that the computer can theoretically switch<br>
> > between English and Arabic, but I haven't had any luck with that either<br>
> > (I<br>
> > will try that one again, though, because I could have messed up the<br>
> > typing<br>
> > in the Terminal).<br>
> > ><br>
> > > If anyone has any other suggestions/ideas, please let me know.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Thank you all so much for your help and support!<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Sarah<br>
> > ><br>
> > > --<br>
> > > Sarah Naguib<br>
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