On 2/25/13 10:03 PM, atagak xplornet.ca wrote: > Hello Rob! > > Not sure if my last email made it? Anyways, my best attempt in answering > some questions.... > > I would like to see the ability to type in syllabics in the word processor, > although we wouldn't perform any financial functions, it would be good to > be able to either type basic syllabics in Calc, or copy and paste the text > into Calc and any text based option within Draw, Impress, not really > necessary for Base, but storing any text in the fields can be in syllabics. > The function of typing in syllabics would mainly be in word processing. > > If the focus of typing in syllabics were to be in in Writer, could that be > available in all platforms? > > This truly will be a digital revolution for Inuktitut typing if this can be > done! A remarkable achievement it will be, to instantly type in Inuktitut! > > And right now, my main focus is to be able to take that VB code and somehow > (I'm almost completely blind in C) and duplicate it for the standards of > Open Office.
just a quick addition, if it becomes an extension later it could be implemented in Java as well. But implemented as extension or directly integrated i the core depends on some further investigation. It sounds very interesting and we are happy if we can support you to the benefit of all Inuktitut speaking people. I will be on vacation for 1 week and when I am back I will try to take a closer look on your solution to understand it better ... Juergen > > I will subscribe to the mailing lists in your suggestions, > > Once again, I thank you for all the advice and appreciate all the work that > has been done! > > Take care > > Andrew > > > On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 2:10 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > >> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 1:28 PM, atagak xplornet.ca <ata...@xplornet.ca> >> wrote: >>> Good afternoon everyone! >>> >>> My names is Andrew Tagak Jr., I'm an Inuk (Eskimo) from Nunavut, Canada, >>> living in a small city by the name of Iqaluit (Many Fish). >>> >> >> Hello Andrew, >> >> I am Rob Weir, one of the volunteers on the Apache OpenOffice project. >> I'm in the US, in Massachusetts. I always wanted to visit Nunavut >> and see the northern lights. >> >> Welcome to the Dev mailing list. This is a public mailing list, so as >> a subscriber everything you send gets sent to other subscribers, and >> you also receive any note that someone else sends, like this note. >> >> >>> I have over the years developed small programs in Visual Basic. One of >> the >>> programs I have developed is a transliterator that instantly converts >> Roman >>> Orthography into Inuktitut Syllabics. >>> >>> I developed the program to ensure that the proper use of the orthography >>> converts seamlessly in syllabics without having to learn a mapped >> keyboard >>> to type, or to avoid downloading drivers to be installed on computers. >>> >> >> Cool. >> >>> My wish.... is to have such a program function in Open Office! That would >>> be a thrill to be able to say a tiny little program like the >> transliterator >>> can have a huge impact on all Inuktitut speaking and typing users across >>> the globe! It would maximize technology to it's fullest capacity :) >>> >> >> Yes, I could see how this would be very useful. >> >>> I'm also developing the same program for other Aboriginal languages >> (Cree, >>> Ojibwe, Cherokee and Dene) >>> >> >> Excellent. >> >> >>> Couple questions, >>> >>> 1 - would it be difficult to integrate VB into C? Or, convert vb language >>> into the Open Office language? >>> >> >> A few things to think about: >> >> a) Do you want the tool to work in all editors (Writer, Calc and >> Impress?) or just in the word processor? >> >> b) What about platforms? OpenOffice is available on Windows, Mac and >> Linux. >> >> If you want a solution that works on all the OpenOffice applications, >> and cross-platform, then that will probably lead you away from Visual >> Basic and toward either OpenOffice Basic or C/C++. >> >> >>> and 2 - If it is possible, any chance I can get any support or learning >>> tutors to help with the wish I have? >>> >> >> We have many volunteers who are far more knowledgeable about the >> extension mechanisms in OpenOffice. Hopefully that can give you some >> good ideas. >> >> Note: we have two other mailing lists, with less traffic, that are >> also relevant to your ideas. >> >> We have a localization mailing list, which you can subscribe by >> sending a note to: l10n-subscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> >> And we also have a list dedicated to writing OpenOffice extensions: >> api-subscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> >>> If you need some samples they are found on my site; >>> >>> http://www.tagak.net >>> >>> I have found an Add-on developed by Alex Beneson that transliterates >> other >>> languages, and I have contributed Inuktitut to that particular add-on he >>> developed; >>> >> >> Are there others who might be interested in enabling OpenOffice to >> work better with Aboriginal languages? We have an active >> localization effort for OpenOffice. So if you know anyone who would >> be interested in seeing the OpenOffice user interface translated into >> Inuktitut syllabics, and bundled with an Inuktitut spell checker, we >> can help you get started. >> >> Regards, >> >> -Rob >> >> >>> http://www.benya.com/transliterator/ >>> >>> I would like that everyone for any support! >>> >>> Take care >>> >>> Andrew Tagak Jr. >> >
