I use Debian/Gnome and I do have support for Maltese, albeit not as
polished as on some other distros.
A few days ago I made a post on setting the keyboard applet.
Let me try and recapitulate:
THIS IS FOR DEBIAN although it could work elsewhere.
Go to http://linux.org.mt/article/keyboard and follow the instructions
there.
Then go to the options of the GKB International Keyboard applet.
make sure ALL your keyboards use the "setxkbmap" command not the defualt!
add a keyboard for maltese by adding one for any language then changing
the settings.
for bash you neet to 'export LC_CTYPE=mt_MT', then start a new bash.
Sorry this is not so clear! i'll post a more detailed procedure when I
have time to do
some screen shots.
as for the compiled from source bit, you should read
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-sourcehandling.en.html
its a two step procedure i'm afraid!
If you are using debian unstable of testing you can install apt-build
which apperently does what you want !
cheers,
Philip
William Mifsud wrote:
Dear all,
While I don't post here often, I follow this list closely. Count me
in for any future MLUG meetings...
If you're curious, by day (and often by night) I work as a doctor at
St. Luke's Hospital (been doing so since July 2003). At various other
times, I sit in front of my PC and use Linux (been doing so since
March 1997).
Now let's cut to the chase:
People who use LFS, Gentoo and similar setups enjoy a performance
bonus because everything is compiled from source, in accordance with
the particular architecture that their box uses. Is there a way to
achieve a similar setup in Debian?
I haven't looked at this for quite some time, so I my next question
might be anachronistic:
How well developed is support for Maltese in Linux? I know that KDE
is O.K., but how about getting Malti in a terminal, in vi, in emacs,
in mutt,...?
Cheers,
Will
