Re: BIDI support in Debian Installer : help needed

2004-03-31 Thread Anmar Oueja
Christian Perrier wrote: This is not restricted to Arabic/Hebrew people. Others probably may help on this hot topic. Please read if you happen to have some skills in debconf/slang/programming and just try to imagine if you can help Quoting Steve Langasek ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Please see

Re: BIDI support in Debian Installer : help needed

2004-03-31 Thread Anmar Oueja
Christian Perrier wrote: This is not restricted to Arabic/Hebrew people. Others probably may help on this hot topic. Please read if you happen to have some skills in debconf/slang/programming and just try to imagine if you can help Quoting Steve Langasek ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Please see

Re: BIDI support in Debian Installer : help needed

2004-03-30 Thread Anmar Oueja
Hello Alastair: Can you tell me when this version of fribidi and its patch to slang are gonna be in the Debian installer as I like to have them tested ASAP. I want to get some screen shots to get the translators motivated to get Arabic Support there ASAP :) Your kind response is greatly

Arabic, Bidi and Shaping Progress Report

2004-01-28 Thread Anmar Oueja
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Bug#212962: What is being done to offer RTL, BIDI and Shaping support

2004-01-17 Thread Anmar Oueja
After much discussion I believe there are two ways we can approach the solution: 1. Hack Newt for now to pipe all output through bidi and some custom written shaping code (should be simple to do). this requires intimiate knowlege of Newt and fribidi. Currently the .lb LUG is looking into it.

Re: Arabic translation is complete (100 % done)

2004-01-13 Thread Anmar Oueja
consistency in our translation. We will attend to that next week as I am waiting for the msgids to stabilize. Fair enough. if Alastair is really busy then i will try and recruite somebody to work on newt. Thanks alot. anmar Oueja --- www.arabeyes.org Denis Barbier wrote: On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 01

NEWT Support for UTF-8 and Fribidi

2004-01-13 Thread Anmar Oueja
Hello All: After many tries to get fribidi integrated into d-i, we gave up and decided to do it our selves. Here is what I need to know first before we hack newt or cdebconf/newt.c : 1. is Newt UTF-friendly ? and if it is who is the code maintainer ? and is there a mailing list for it. I

base-config CVS

2004-01-10 Thread Anmar Oueja
Hello: I need access to base-config to translate the po files to Arabic. Can you also post what should i check out specifically.. My user id is : anmar-guest Thanks Anmar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Arabic translation is complete (100 % done)

2004-01-07 Thread Anmar Oueja
I am happy to note that Arabic translation of d-i is 100 % complete. I will be checking in the code sometime today. Now that the translation is complete, it would be nice to be able to use it ;). Debian installer will require bidi and shaping patches. Bidi is a lib that can be plugged in.

Arabic Translation for the Debian installer

2004-01-05 Thread Anmar Oueja
Hello all: Just wanted to let you know that Arabic translation of the installer have gone up to 39% in 3 days. We are moving quite nicely and should have the whole thing finished in a week or so. What is the status of BIDI implementation. I heard nothing from nobody. Please let us know as it

Re: Arabic Translation for the Debian installer

2004-01-05 Thread Anmar Oueja
thanks Christian: Christian Perrier wrote: Quoting Anmar Oueja ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Hello all: Just wanted to let you know that Arabic translation of the installer have gone up to 39% in 3 days. We are moving quite nicely and should have the whole thing finished in a week or so. I think

Re: Arabic Translation for the Debian installer

2004-01-05 Thread Anmar Oueja
Great. I did not know about this community. well I am now a registered user (user ID: anmar-guest), which is kind of silly but oh well.. :) Now what do I need to do to get the cvs write access ? Thanks alot Anmar Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: [Anmar Oueja] great. well i am not a debian

Status of Arabic Language Translation for New Debian Installer

2004-01-03 Thread Anmar Oueja
Hello all: Just wanted to let you know that Arabic Language translation of Debian installer has reached 11% and there is a lot of activity to get it done ASAP. Here is the link for the status (dynamically updated) : http://www.arabeyes.org/misc/debian_status_bar.html Now all we need is BIDI

Re: Should we really use countries in languagechooser

2003-12-24 Thread Anmar Oueja
Hello Christian: I agree whole heartedly with you on this. The problem with Arabic is that 23 or more countries speak the same language yet they do need their own local. Know what do you suggest we change the Syrai to? I think Arabic would suffice instead of mentioning any country. Please

Re: BIDI Status in Debina Installer

2003-12-24 Thread Anmar Oueja
Hello Christian: Here is the ar.po with the updated header. Hope it is complete. Thanks for your feedback :) Anmar Christian Perrier wrote: Quoting Anmar Oueja ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): It is really up to Alastair... but here are the files that I sent him already. the ar.po is main menue file

Re: BIDI Status in Debina Installer

2003-12-23 Thread Anmar Oueja
with the arabic option otherwise I can not activate the arabic language and not be able to continue the test. Thanks again for you work. the entire arabic community appreciates your work. Anmar Alastair McKinstry wrote: On Sun, 2003-12-21 at 20:38, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: [Anmar Oueja

Re: BIDI Status in Debina Installer

2003-12-23 Thread Anmar Oueja
It is really up to Alastair... but here are the files that I sent him already. the ar.po is main menue file. Hope this helps. Anmar Christian Perrier wrote: Quoting Anmar Oueja ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Hello Alastair: Sorry to hear you wor sick. I feel guilty for sending you soo many emails. I

BIDI Status in Debina Installer

2003-12-21 Thread Anmar Oueja
Hello All: I would like to know the status of adding BIDI support to the Debian Text-based interface installer. This is important since I am working on translating the PO files for the installer to Arabic. Any feedback is greatly appreciated. Anmar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: Localizing New Debian Installer to Arabic

2003-11-25 Thread Anmar Oueja
, I can be the tester for the arabic. The rest of the strings are on their way. I will send them to you as we finish them :) Thanks again. I appreciate your work and effort very much. :) Anmar Alastair McKinstry wrote: On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 23:06, Anmar Oueja wrote: Great.. I will get some

Re: Localizing New Debian Installer to Arabic

2003-11-25 Thread Anmar Oueja
on this and make sure it is available for you when you are ready . Thanks Anmar Alastair McKinstry wrote: On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 23:06, Anmar Oueja wrote: Great.. I will get some strings done for ya tonight :) BTW, there are lots of po files for a whole bunch of archtectures. Do you know which

Re: Localizing New Debian Installer to Arabic

2003-11-20 Thread Anmar Oueja
or something ? Anmar Vincent Renardias wrote: On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 21:57, Anmar Oueja wrote: Hello: I would like to start localizing the Debian Installer to Arabic. Could you please direct me to the right place to get the .po files to start localizing ? How can I test my localization files ? Does

Re: Localizing New Debian Installer to Arabic

2003-11-20 Thread Anmar Oueja
Thanks Alastair: I will check out the code and start the translation effort. I am part of an on-line community that are working on arabizing and adding arabic support and awarness to the open source community (www.arabeyes.org). How much work is it you think to add RTL to NEWT or is it to the

Re: Localizing New Debian Installer to Arabic

2003-11-20 Thread Anmar Oueja
, 2003-11-20 at 19:27, Anmar Oueja wrote: Thanks Vincent: I got some answers that lead me to conclude it is impossible to do Arabic on the NEW debian installer. The main problem is the darn bidi (bidirectional) which isn't supported by NEWT. I tested it uing NEWT-python binding and it did

Localizing New Debian Installer to Arabic

2003-11-19 Thread Anmar Oueja
Hello: I would like to start localizing the Debian Installer to Arabic. Could you please direct me to the right place to get the .po files to start localizing ? How can I test my localization files ? Does the Debian Installer support Arabic language (right to left) ? Thanks in advance.

Another language added to the boot floppies and CD installer

2002-10-08 Thread Anmar Oueja
Hello All: I would like to add another language to the Debain Woody boot floppies. please guide me to where I can learn how to do that. Thanks a lot. Anmar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]