Re: im new here...

["ahmad khalifa" <ahmadkhalifa at hotmail dot com>]

> WE desperately need a gnome translator, I am the gnome Coordinator and
> the only translator in the community, so what about joining me in
> translating gnome?

well, i'd be glad to help... i'm also going to be needing some help...
now this is what i think i should do...
-checkout some files from cvs...(or should i checkout the whole project..?)
-translate them using gTranslator
-commit them to cvs or send them to you...

now, the second step i still have some problems with...
i downloaded gtranslator and tried to ./configure and make it, but that 
failed...
so i'm downloading gtranslator-1.0.1-dag-rh9.rpm.... i dunno if it'll work 
on redhat 8.0

umm, i also downloaded the Wordlist and tried to use it as a dictionary in 
KBabel, but couldnt...
i think i'll recheck the translator-HOWTO again

this morning i contacted someone from linux-egypt.com  about Redhat 9.0, and 
havent received
a response yet...

> Well to understand the whole picture we can make an irc meeting together so 
> that I
> intreduce you to the whole gnome translation process: how it is done,
> it's guidelines, it's time frame, its goals etc...

i think an irc meeting would be more suitable, because i am new to linux and 
linux
development, i still have a lot to learn...
so maybe you could setup time and date and inform me 1 or 2 days ahead...

> It's better to use gtranslator ( http://www.gtranslator.org ) under
> gnome and switching btw Arabic keymap and English keymap is under gnome
> very easy, you simply have to dock an applet on your panel and by
> clicking on it you can switch back and forth!

i tried that panel applet, but it didnt work...

> You'll have to install the latest gnome as it has many patches regarding 
> Arabic
> support, I would suggest you to download either Redhat or Mandrake.
> There are other distros like Debian or gnoppix but I dunno if you are a
> bloody rocky or a hard-core linux user ;) if you're a beginner then
> Redhat or MDK is your choice! Both are wonderful distros...

well, i tried to download GNOME, but i just found about a hundred files all 
.tar.gz or tar.bz2
i dunno if i can install them all... isnt there any easier way to install 
GNOME, like an RPM or
a makefile...?? or should i just wait and get RH 9.0..?

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