[Kbabel] a novice Q

[suresh vp]

Hi

> I really appreciate your feedback. Any problem you
>encounter, please, let me know. Maybe we can't solve
>it, but we can at least try. Please, always use the
>kbabel list.

Sure 
 
> OK. I need to simulate your problems here.
> Unfortunatelly, the Malayalam 
> page is not in English, so I can't figure out, where
> to get your fonts :-(

Here is a couple of links where u can find fonts
http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/smc/free-mal-fonts.pkg/1.2/

http://malayalamlinux.sourceforge.net/

> OTOH, KDE seems to support your keyboard.

Thanks for helping me out, I am planning to document
all these efforts, once I can successfully use KBabel.

suresh





--- Stanislav Visnovsky
<visnovsky at nenya.ms.mff.cuni.cz> wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> First, sorry for a late answer, I've lost the
> message in my inbox.
> 
> On Fri, 25 Apr 2003, suresh vp wrote:
> 
> >  First of all let me say, I really appreciate all
> your
> > hardwork. And I am not trying to be complaining
> > person.
> > I realize that it is hard to edit PO files also.
> But
> > tools like Kbabel already covered those difficult
> > areas, it is only a matter of pushing the limits.
> 
> Sure.
> 
> > 
> >  If Kbabel can show original messages in English
> and
> > allow the translation input window to mix another
> > language and english, it makes life easy for a non
> > techie. Say provide a changeble language field.
> 
> You can mix any language you want, just change your
> keyboard. Then, there 
> are two problems: (1) fonts - you need a font with a
> support for the
> particular encoding (2) spellchecking does not work
> for multiple 
> languages (KDE limitation).
> 
> >  
> >  If you could make the system to accept 'unicode'
> in
> > input field, then it will help translators of
> > languages like Indic languages which requires
> > unicode-utf-8. (my language(Malayalam) happens to
> be
> > one). 
> 
> It does.
> 
> >    
> >  I am not very good in C now, as I am working with
> > java for the last 5 years. But if you think I can
> help
> > you in any areas, pleae let me know.
> 
> I really appreciate your feedback. Any problem you
> encounter, please, let
> me know. Maybe we can't solve it, but we can at
> least try. Please, always
> use the kbabel list.
> 
> OK. I need to simulate your problems here.
> Unfortunatelly, the Malayalam 
> page is not in English, so I can't figure out, where
> to get your fonts :-(
> 
> OTOH, KDE seems to support your keyboard.
> 
> > 
> > I am from India,I beleive the more languages we
> > support, the more people we will bring to free
> > community (I know, I am preaching to the choir )U
> > might have heard of Bill Gates is making  billion
> > dollar investment in India to popularize microsoft
> > products. So that they can prevent Free Software
> > movement by influencing government. 
> 
> Yes, I know the story :-(.
> 
> Stanislav
> 


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