Re: Debian-IN

["Jaldhar H. Vyas" <jaldhar@debian.org>]

On Mon, 26 May 2003, Harshwardhan Nagaonkar wrote:

> I have only noticed Tamil support so far, at least in KDE and GNOME. Do
> I need to get any packages at all to enable the Devnagri languages like
> Hindi and Marathi. If so, I would be grateful if you could list them.

For GNOME check out www.indlinux.org.  Their software as distributed is
geared towards Red Hat but it should take little effort to Debianize it.
(If you do, be sure to write down all the steps.)

> It
> would be super cool to have KDE running in Hindi like my other friends
> who run it in their native languages (Portugese, French etc.)

The Debian maintainer said it might be some time before it is
officially packaged  so I went and made my own .debs of Qt 3.2.0 beta 1.
I'll put them up somewhere public when I get home tonight.  Using this
instantly enables all KDE applications to use Indian languages though as
you note the localization support is very meager at the moment.  This is a
place where Debian users could make a valuable contribution.

My personal interests are Gujarati and Sanskrit.
-- 
Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar@debian.org>
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