release-notes/devel/en_US I18n.xml,1.19,1.20

[Paul W. Frields (pfrields)]

Author: pfrields

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--- I18n.xml	19 Sep 2007 23:35:13 -0000	1.19
+++ I18n.xml	22 Sep 2007 20:06:34 -0000	1.20
@@ -15,105 +15,172 @@
   <para>
     This section includes information on language support under Fedora.
   </para>
-
-  <section id="sn-Language-Installation">
-    <title>Language Installation</title>
-    <para>
+  <itemizedlist>
+    <listitem>
+      <para>Localization (translation) of Fedora is coordinated by the
+	<ulink url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/L10N">Fedora
+	  Localization Project</ulink>.</para>
+    </listitem>
+    <listitem>
+      <para>Internationalization of Fedora is maintained by the <ulink
+	  url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/I18N">Fedora I18n
+	  Project</ulink>.</para>
+    </listitem>
+  </itemizedlist>
+  <section id="sn-Language-Coverage">
+    <title>Language Coverage</title>
+    <section id="sn-Language-Installation">
+      <title>Language support installation</title>
+      <para>
       To install additional language support from the Languages group,
-      use <application>Pirut</application> via
+	use <application>Pirut</application> via
       <menuchoice>
-	<guimenu>Applications</guimenu><guimenuitem>Add/Remove
-	Software</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, or run this command:
-    </para>
-    <screen><![CDATA[su -c 'yum groupinstall <language>-support'
-      ]]></screen>
-    <para>
-      In the command above, <replaceable><language></replaceable>
-      is one of <option>assamese</option>, <option>bengali</option>,
-      <option>chinese</option>, <option>gujarati</option>,
-      <option>hindi</option>, <option>japanese</option>,
-      <option>kannada</option>, <option>korean</option>,
-      <option>malayalam</option>, <option>marathi</option>,
-      <option>oriya</option>, <option>punjabi</option>,
-      <option>sinhala</option>, <option>tamil</option>,
-      <option>thai</option>, or <option>telegu</option>.
-    </para>
-    <para>
-      Users upgrading from earlier releases of Fedora are strongly
-      recommended to install <package>scim-bridge-gtk</package>, which
-      works well with 3rd party C++ applications linked against older
-      versions of <systemitem class="library">libstdc++</systemitem>.
-    </para>
+	  <guimenu>Applications</guimenu><guimenuitem>Add/Remove
+	    Software</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, or run this command:
+      </para>
+      <screen><![CDATA[su -c 'yum groupinstall
+	<language>-support']]></screen>
+      <para>
+	In the command above,
+	<replaceable><language></replaceable> is one of
+	<option>assamese</option>, <option>bengali</option>,
+	<option>chinese</option>, <option>gujarati</option>,
+	<option>hindi</option>, <option>japanese</option>,
+	<option>kannada</option>, <option>korean</option>,
+	<option>malayalam</option>, <option>marathi</option>,
+	<option>oriya</option>, <option>punjabi</option>,
+	<option>sinhala</option>, <option>tamil</option>,
+	<option>thai</option>, or <option>telegu</option>.
+      </para>
+      <para>
+	Users upgrading from earlier releases of Fedora are strongly
+	recommended to install <package>scim-bridge-gtk</package>, which
+	works well with 3rd party C++ applications linked against older
+	versions of <systemitem class="library">libstdc++</systemitem>.
+      </para>
+      <para>To add SCIM support to input a particular language, install
+	<package>scim-lang-<replaceable>LANG</replaceable></package>,
+	where <replaceable>LANG</replaceable> is one of
+	<option>assamese</option>, <option>bengali</option>,
+	<option>chinese</option>, <option>dhivehi</option>,
+	<option>farsi</option>, <option>gujarati</option>,
+	<option>hindi</option>, <option>japanese</option>,
+	<option>kannada</option>, <option>korean</option>,
+	<option>latin</option>, <option>malayalam</option>,
+	<option>marathi</option>, <option>oriya</option>,
+	<option>punjabi</option>, sinhalese<option></option>,
+	<option>tamil</option>, <option>telugu</option>,
+	<option>thai</option>, or <option>tibetan</option>.</para>
+    </section>
+    <section id="sn-Transifex">
+      <title>Transifex</title>
+      <para>This release features <ulink
+	  url="https://hosted.fedoraproject.org/projects/transifex/">Transifex</ulink>, 
+	a new tool designed to facilitate contributing translations to
+	projects hosted on remote and disparate version control systems.
+	Core packages in this release use Transifex to receive
+	translations from numerous contributors.</para>
+      <para>Through a combination of <ulink
+	  url="http://translate.fedoraproject.org/">new Web
+	  tools</ulink>, community growth, and better processes,
+	translators can now contribute directly to any upstream project
+	through one translator-oriented Web interface. Developers of
+	projects with no existing translation community can easily reach
+	out to Fedora's established community for translations. In turn,
+	translators can reach out to numerous projects related to Fedora
+	to easily contribute translations.</para>
+    </section>
   </section>
-  <section>
-    <title>Improved <command>im-chooser</command></title>
-    <para>The user interface of <command>im-chooser</command> has been
-      improved to be simpler and easier to understand.</para>
+  <section id="sn-I18n-Fonts">
+    <title>Fonts</title>
+    <para>Fonts for Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and some Indic scripts
+      are now installed by default. The following changes also appear in
+      Fedora 8:</para>
+    <itemizedlist>
+      <listitem>
+	<para>the <package>cjkunifonts-fonts</package> package has been
+	  split out of <package>fonts-chinese</package> into two
+	  subpackages for the Uming and Ukai faces.</para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+	<para>The <package>sazanami-fonts</package> package has been
+	  split out of <package>fonts-japanese</package> into two
+	  subpackages for the Gothic and Mincho faces.</para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+	<para>The <package>wqy-bitmap-fonts</package> package is now
+	  installed by default with Chinese support.</para>
+      </listitem>
+    </itemizedlist>
   </section>
   <section id="sn-Input-Methods">
-    <title>SCIM Input Method Defaults</title>
-    <para>The core SCIM packages are now installed by default, but the
-      input method only starts by default on desktops running in an
-      Asian locale (the current list is: <systemitem>as</systemitem>,
-      <systemitem>bn</systemitem>, <systemitem>gu</systemitem>,
-      <systemitem>hi</systemitem>, <systemitem>ja</systemitem>,
-      <systemitem>kn</systemitem>, <systemitem>ko</systemitem>,
-      <systemitem>ml</systemitem>, <systemitem>mr</systemitem>,
-      <systemitem>ne</systemitem>, <systemitem>or</systemitem>,
-      <systemitem>pa</systemitem>, <systemitem>si</systemitem>,
-      <systemitem>ta</systemitem>, <systemitem>te</systemitem>,
-      <systemitem>th</systemitem>, <systemitem>ur</systemitem>,
-      <systemitem>vi</systemitem>, <systemitem>zh</systemitem>). You can
-      use <application>im-chooser</application> via <menuchoice>
-	<guimenu>System</guimenu>
-	<guisubmenu>Preferences</guisubmenu>
-	<guisubmenu>Personal</guisubmenu>
-	<guimenuitem>Input Method</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to enable
-      or disable SCIM on your desktop, or to select other installed
-      input methods.  In a non-Asian locale set <menuchoice>
-	<guimenu>Use custom input method</guimenu>
-	<guimenuitem>scim</guimenuitem></menuchoice> in
-      <application>im-chooser</application> and restart your desktop
-      session to activate SCIM on your desktop by default.</para>
-    <para>
-      When SCIM is installed, it runs by default for users of all
-      locales. If SCIM is installed but you do not wish to run it on
-      your desktop, disable it using <command>im-chooser</command>.
-    </para>
-    <para>
-      The following table lists the default trigger hotkeys for
-      different languages:
-    </para>
-    <segmentedlist>
-      <segtitle>Language</segtitle>
-      <segtitle>Trigger hotkeys</segtitle>
-      <seglistitem>
-	<seg>all</seg>
-	<seg><keycombo>
-	    <keycap>Ctrl</keycap>
-	    <keycap>Space</keycap>
-	  </keycombo>
-	</seg>
-      </seglistitem>
-      <seglistitem>
-	<seg>Japanese</seg>
-	<seg><keycap>Zenkaku_Hankaku</keycap> or <keycombo>
-	    <keycap>Alt</keycap>
-	    <keycap>`</keycap></keycombo></seg>
-      </seglistitem>
-      <seglistitem>
-	<seg>Korean</seg>
-	<seg><keycombo>
-	    <keycap>Shift</keycap>
-	    <keycap>Space</keycap></keycombo> or
-	  <keycap>Hangul</keycap></seg>
-      </seglistitem>
-    </segmentedlist>
+    <title>Input Methods</title>
+    <section>
+      <title>Improved <command>im-chooser</command></title>
+      <para>The user interface of <command>im-chooser</command> has been
+	improved to be simpler and easier to understand.</para>
   </section>
-  <section>
-    <title>Other input methods</title>
-    <para>This release adds support for the
-      <systemitem>nabi</systemitem> input method for Korean
-      Hangul.</para>
+    <section id="sn-SCIM-Defaults">
+      <title>SCIM input method Defaults</title>
+      <para>The core SCIM packages are now installed by default, but the
+	input method only starts by default on desktops running in an
+	Asian locale.  The current list is: <systemitem>as</systemitem>,
+	<systemitem>bn</systemitem>, <systemitem>gu</systemitem>,
+	<systemitem>hi</systemitem>, <systemitem>ja</systemitem>,
+	<systemitem>kn</systemitem>, <systemitem>ko</systemitem>,
+	<systemitem>ml</systemitem>, <systemitem>mr</systemitem>,
+	<systemitem>ne</systemitem>, <systemitem>or</systemitem>,
+	<systemitem>pa</systemitem>, <systemitem>si</systemitem>,
+	<systemitem>ta</systemitem>, <systemitem>te</systemitem>,
+	<systemitem>th</systemitem>, <systemitem>ur</systemitem>,
+	<systemitem>vi</systemitem>, <systemitem>zh</systemitem>). You
+	can use <application>im-chooser</application> via <menuchoice>
+	  <guimenu>System</guimenu>
+	  <guisubmenu>Preferences</guisubmenu>
+	  <guisubmenu>Personal</guisubmenu>
+	  <guimenuitem>Input Method</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to enable
+	or disable SCIM on your desktop, or to select other installed
+	input methods.  To activate SCIM on your desktop by default In a
+	non-Asian locale, set <menuchoice>
+	  <guimenu>Use custom input method</guimenu>
+	  <guimenuitem>scim</guimenuitem></menuchoice> in
+	<application>im-chooser</application> and restart your desktop
+	session.</para>
+      <para>
+	The following table lists the default trigger hotkeys for
+	different languages:
+      </para>
+      <segmentedlist>
+	<segtitle>Language</segtitle>
+	<segtitle>Trigger hotkeys</segtitle>
+	<seglistitem>
+	  <seg>all</seg>
+	  <seg><keycombo>
+	      <keycap>Ctrl</keycap>
+	      <keycap>Space</keycap>
+	  </keycombo>
+	  </seg>
+	</seglistitem>
+	<seglistitem>
+	  <seg>Japanese</seg>
+	  <seg><keycap>Zenkaku_Hankaku</keycap> or <keycombo>
+	      <keycap>Alt</keycap>
+	      <keycap>`</keycap></keycombo></seg>
+	</seglistitem>
+	<seglistitem>
+	  <seg>Korean</seg>
+	  <seg><keycombo>
+	      <keycap>Shift</keycap>
+	      <keycap>Space</keycap></keycombo> or
+	    <keycap>Hangul</keycap></seg>
+	</seglistitem>
+      </segmentedlist>
+    </section>
+    <section>
+      <title>Other input methods</title>
+      <para>This release adds support for the
+	<systemitem>nabi</systemitem> input method for Korean
+	Hangul.</para>
+    </section>
   </section>
 </section>