On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 02:23, Caryl Bigenho <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Folks... > Still trying! As noted below, I followed Tim's instructions and downloaded > the Urdu character set. However, I was not able to access it from Write.
Do you mean that it did not show up in the font menu, or that you could not type it? Can you paste Urdu text in from another source? > I > spent some time working on this with a person who speaks and reads several > middle eastern languages. Any ideas? What should I try next? Has anyone > changed to another character set on their own rather than getting it that > way from the factory? Yes, several of us have done it. Please note the Urdu version of my name in my sig block. I will add a chapter on character set, language, and font settings to the "book" I am writing, under the heading The Undiscoverable. http://booki.flossmanuals.net/discovering-discovery/edit/ Please send any other unanswered questions. > Caryl > > ________________________________ > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2010 12:41:09 -0800 > Subject: Re: [support-gang] [IAEP] How do I switch the keyboard to another > character set? > > Thanks Tim. The download seems to have gone smoothly. It reported that > paktype/teheer is now available. However, when I went to the Write > Activity, it did not appear among the available choices. Will it have a > different name? There are several fonts labeled with letter codes such as > kacstPen, cmsy10, wasy10, etc. > > Caryl > > ________________________________ > Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 08:45:00 +1300 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [support-gang] [IAEP] How do I switch the keyboard to another > character set? > > On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 8:08 AM, Caryl Bigenho <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi... > > Ed Cherlin suggests installing an Urdu font (on the XO, I assume). So, > where do I find instructions for doing this and the file I would need to > download to the XO? Why isn't it already there or on the wiki. People are > using Urdu keyboards, right? > > Caryl > > > Hi Caryl, > This was hinted at during the original answer. Connect the XO to the > Internet, open the Terminal Activity and run > yum install ttf-paktype/tehreer > This asks Fedora to install the typeface for you. Do let me know how you get > on. > Tim > �...@timclicks > Director, Kiwi PyCon 2011 > _______________________________________________ support-gang mailing list > [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang > _______________________________________________ support-gang mailing list > [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > -- Edward Mokurai (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) Cherlin Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation. The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination. http://www.earthtreasury.org/ _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
