X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?p=wiki.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=EthiopianLocale;h=a7b9a06afb208ee74338d2e66c1363e8a962d9b1;hp=a99183b6b01679657482237f5f7d8205234965e2;hb=b28c5ef2c03e3589759ddb38e78adf064c644037;hpb=fcf56a839af884ccbc2b749d6d458b97cb3757ab;ds=sidebyside diff --git a/EthiopianLocale b/EthiopianLocale index a99183b..a7b9a06 100644 --- a/EthiopianLocale +++ b/EthiopianLocale @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +See also: + + * http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Ethiopian_Setup + * http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Amharic_language + == sysconfig == To enable the Amharic Ethiopian locale, the /etc/sysconfig/i18n @@ -11,8 +16,8 @@ To alleviate boot overhead with UTF-8 locales, we'd like to move this setting to a later point in the boot process. olpc-dm would be a good candidate. -AI: I'm going to make some tests and report back. - + * TODO: I'm going to make some tests and report back. + * DONE: LANG=C in /etc/sysconfig/i18n, LANG=am_ET.UTF-8 later on == glibc == @@ -31,7 +36,8 @@ file map which is not supported. The glibc-2.6 rpm is available from OlpcBernieRepo. - * AI: Of course we don't want to upgrade to 2.6 at this time, so I'm asking the glibc hackers for insight. + * DONE: Of course we don't want to upgrade to 2.6 at this time, so I'm asking the glibc hackers for insight. + * DONE: http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5033 == Fonts == @@ -41,11 +47,7 @@ Abyssinica-SIL.ttf, which is not packaged in Fedora. I grabbed the TTF file from the Debian package ttf-sil-abyssinica-1.0 and temporarily installed it in /home/olpc/.fonts/ -I'm not sure the font license is acceptable for Fedora or even us. -Someone with better understanding should check. - - * AI: I could easily create an RPM once we decide this is the font we want to use. - + * DONE: abyssinica-fonts RPM package is in Fedora, and tagged for OLPC-2. == ET keyboard layout == @@ -62,10 +64,9 @@ The "=" key is not working in current builds, but Sergey has already fixed it upstream and we'll pick it up with the next update. - * AI: I'll send a new olpc patch upstream to resync - - * AI: I'll update our RPM from a CVS snapshot of xkeyboard-config - + * DONE: Send a new olpc patch upstream to resync + * DONE: I'll update our RPM from a CVS snapshot of xkeyboard-config + * DONE: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12202 == libX11 == @@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ Furthermore, the Compose works by pressing a vowel, followed by a consonant, which seems to be a less convenient way of producing glyphs (see below) - * AI: Sergey said he'll check if CONSONANT+VOWEL is possible with XIM. + * DONE: Sergey said he'll check if CONSONANT+VOWEL is possible with XIM. == GTK IM == @@ -101,8 +102,8 @@ Additionally, it seems this IM requires the "us" keyboard. I couldn't get it to work with the "et" keyboard loaded. Daniel says it shouldn't happen. - * AI: waiting for a patch. Progress is being tracked here: - http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101360 + * TODO: waiting for a patch. Progress is being tracked here: + http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101360 == Write.activity == @@ -117,18 +118,19 @@ I asked uwog about it and he suggested me to file a bug upstream. Without this fix, the IM is still usable, but very unfriendly. - * AI: I will file the bug upstream. + * FIXME: bug filed upstream: http://bugzilla.abisource.com/show_bug.cgi?id=11190 + * DONE: pinged the above bug... + * DONE: twice... == Other Gtk applications == -I tried installing gedit on an XO, and I couldn't get -neither the Amharic, nor the XIM input methods to work -with it. +I tried installing gedit on an XO, and I couldn't get neither the +Amharic, nor the XIM input methods to work with it. Works fine on F7. - * AI: Needs investigation. + * TODO: Needs investigation. == Misc issues == @@ -136,9 +138,8 @@ Works fine on F7. System stability appears to be somewhat compromised when all the above changes are enabled. -I've seen activities crashing randomly and funny rendering -problems. +I've seen activities crashing randomly and funny rendering problems. - * AI: Before we even start filing bugs on this, I'd prefer to - see some of the above components land in the builds, otherwise - we might be chasing bugs that are even harder to reproduce. + * TODO: Before we even start filing bugs on this, I'd prefer to + see some of the above components land in the builds, otherwise + we might be chasing bugs that are even harder to reproduce.