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List:       abiword-dev
Subject:    Re: locales in Ububtu
From:       "Urmas" <davian818 () gmail ! com>
Date:       2011-03-23 11:33:13
Message-ID: 6DC64D8BBC0A46FA9FBF34EFAB6EC7FC () sandy
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From: "Ibraahiima SAAR" <ibrahima.sarr@pulaagu.com>
Subject: locales in Ububtu

> I have a fresh installation of Ubuntu and would like to support Fula
> locale. How to add this locales when I have the ff.xml file. Have no
> idea how to do this.
> I would also like to know if there are Linux tools to build a keyboard
> layout as I want to make one like my Fula keyboard layout for windows.

What does ff.xml contain?

To add locale:
1. Choose any locale as template (preferably that has standards close to Fula), 
and copy it from /usr/share/i18n/locales/XXX to /usr/share/i18n/locales/ff
1'. (optional) Edit the new ff locale source to ensure proper collation order.
2. Open /var\lib\locales\supported.d/local file and add "ff.UTF-8 UTF-8" line.
3. run "sudo locale-gen" and ensure your new locale compiles successfully.
4. To change default locale, make corrections in /etc/default/locale file.

AFAIK there are no keyboard editors. You can edit layout files manually,
or use xmodmap to temporary change several keys on your standard keyboard.

P.S. To ensure native support for Fula language in Linux in future, submit a bug for glibc. 

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