Re: Debian Installer team seeking for translators : Serbian (sr), Croatian (hr), Hindi (hi), others
Christian Perrier said on Fri, Apr 09, 2004 at 07:15:48AM +0200,:
> I'm not really sure indeed as, sorry, I'm not really familiar with
We require glyph reordering and font subsitution.
Currently this involves pango or equivalent KDE modules. Can this be
achieved on the console?
The alternative is for dirty display.
> The only thing I can tell is that including Arabic and Hebrew script
> did not need any change. The writings are currently OK and only
> need work
Yes, i have seen those scripts on the new installer.
> on BIDI.....So, I'm pretty sure that indeed, having some Indic scripts
> displayed wouldn't be a major problem....
Does BIDI involve glyph substitution? If so, adding Indic support
will only be an issue of adding another module or may be, making
slight modifications to the code.
What fonts does this use? (bdf type1 ...) Any means of testing font
rendering for the installer without actually having to do a install?
> (I hope the term" subcontinent does not sound hurting....it is does
> this is not intentional)?
Definitely not. The linguistic characterstics in Indic scripts extend
far beyond the boundaries of India.
> India (I know there are several...some being official languages of
> some states, often in southern India, but that's all...sorry for being
> so ignorant)
Indic scripts with some kind of presence in IT world, In no particular order:-
1. Bengali
2. Hindi (official language of the Union)
3. Konkani (I'm well versed here)
4. Marathi
5. Gujarati
6. Malayalam (My lnguage)
7. Tamil
8. Kannada
9. Telegu
10. Oriya
11. Punjabi
12. Sanskrit
Of these, 2, 3, 4 and 12 use similar (*almost* identical script -
called devanagari. But all languages have different Unicode area
allotted to them.
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