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Re: Localizing New Debian Installer to Arabic



On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 23:06, Anmar Oueja wrote:
> Great.. I will get some strings done for ya tonight.... :)
> 
> 
> BTW, there are lots of po files for a whole bunch of archtectures. Do 
> you know which ones I should start with especially for you to test with ?
> 
> How do you want me to submit the localised files  ?

The most useful ones to start with are main-menu, cdebconf and the
languagechooser.l10n. 

Do you have Cvs access in Debian? if not, the easiest way to submit the
files is just to send them to me.

Beannacht,
Alastair McKinstry


> Anmar
> 
> Alastair McKinstry wrote:
> > On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 19:27, Anmar Oueja wrote:
> > 
> >>Thanks Vincent:
> >>
> >>I got some answers that lead me to conclude it is impossible to do 
> >>Arabic on the NEW debian installer. The main problem is the darn bidi 
> >>(bidirectional) which isn't supported by NEWT. I tested it uing 
> >>NEWT-python binding and it did not work
> >>
> >>Are there are work arounds or something ?
> >>
> > 
> > 
> > I am currently adding bidi support to newt (well, the newt
> > frontend for debian-installer in particular).
> > 
> > Could you send some test translations to work on?
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Alastair McKinstry
> > 
> > 
> >>Anmar
> >>
> >>Vincent Renardias wrote:
> >>
> >>>On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 21:57, Anmar Oueja wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Hello:
> >>>>
> >>>>I would like to start localizing the Debian Installer to Arabic. Could 
> >>>>you please direct me to the right place to get the .po files to start 
> >>>>localizing ?
> >>>>
> >>>>How can I test my localization files ?
> >>>>
> >>>>Does the Debian Installer support Arabic language (right to left) ?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Hello,
> >>>
> >>>did you get any answer?
> >>>if not, tell me and I'll tell you how to proceed.
> >>>
> >>>Cordialement,
> >>>
> >>
> > 
> 



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