you can switch the keyboard on the fly, using the language key. you can switch the language of the interface per session, using the sugar-control-panel. most activities can accommodate Latin and Arabic scripts concurrently.
-walter On 3/18/08, Ralph A. Mack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I have a question. > > Schools in at least some countries in the Middle East and the Maghrib > typically teach in Arabic first and then a European language, typically > French or English. Therefore, I can envision students having to do two > written assignments, one in Arabic and another in French, for different > teachers in the same week. (I can imagine this issue would arise in > other areas as well.) > > Short of switching the operating language of the device and restarting > it, is there a way to switch between entering Arabic language text and > French or English language text from activity to activity in the current > emulation images? If not, is this considered a desirable feature? Would > it be considered confusing? Has anybody suggested an alternative > approach for bilingual students? Has there been any feedback from folks > focusing on education in the Middle East or other affected areas about > this? Do they consider it important? > > [Here's what puts the question squarely on the devel list....] Assuming > that some feature with the needed effect is in the cards, who is working > on it? Is it complete? If not, how can I help? While it would affect > many areas, I suspect it would be felt most sharply in Write (as might a > number of bi-di issues, at least in the last image I tried). > > Lupestro > > > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > -- Walter Bender One Laptop per Child http://laptop.org _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel