For a start, I think I qualify as a user of open office, and I encourage Arabeyes to sponsor such a community. Please, Ossama, go for it. Though I am still busy with the distro project (it's really coming inshaa Allah, Nadim) I will try to help with this in future. Don't drop it. By the way, I have joined openoffice.org for sometime now as an observer for the localization project, hoping to encourage BiDi there, and there are a few bidi bugs there, awaiting your votes,. Please have a look. k On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 20:06, Charles-H.Schulz wrote: > Nadim, Ossama, > > it turns out you both have a point. Actually, it is true that the first > job would be to set up such a web site section, but this section only > has a sense if you have/develop a real community of users, developpers > and marketers of OpenOffice.org in Arabic. > Indeed, the es project (Hispanic Native-Lang Project) is very > interesting for you, as you can get some inspiration in regard of the > content, but also because Hispanic world is large, just like the Arabic > one, and that you have to deal with many people/businesses who live from > very remote locations from one each other, and this without any > particular focus on just one country (as the Native-Lang focuses on > languages, not on countries) See how they work together. > > Now, let me explain to you what you should do in order to get your > project registered and started: > > -Post an official request on dev at native-lang dot openoffice dot org and > discuss at openoffice dot org, introducing yourself, the arab community, > OpenOffice.org in Arabic countries, etc.. > Some questions, including from me and Louis, may arise. > -A vote then takes place. Actually it's a rather informal one, sometimes > there are none, and it really doesn't mean anything. > -We then set up the domain name. It is usually the initials of the > international code for the language, "ar" as it seems. Once this is set > up, you'll be able to upload your content, create the mailing lists. > - You should use these templates: > http://native-lang.openoffice.org/servlets/ProjectDownloadList to build > the fixed part of the web site (the one that actually never changes > -When everything's ready we will annouce the project publicly. > > Also, don't hesitate to browse our web site for more info on how to > upload content through ssh2, etc... > > Don't hesitate to contact me for further information. > > Charles-H. Schulz. > > > > > Nadim Shaikli wrote: > > >--- Ossama Khayat <ossama at linuxmail dot org> wrote: > > > > > >>Charles-H.Schulz wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Ossama, > >>> > >>>I've discovered through your post of this morning the "Arabeyes" > >>>project, and I must say that I was very impressed by it. > >>> > >>> > >>Glad to hear that, and I hope you could support our language. > >> > >> > >> > >>>I was wondering > >>>if you or somebody else from Arabeyes would be willing to start a > >>>Native-Lang project in Arabic. A native-lang project represents the > >>>community of users, developpers and marketers of Openoffice.org in one > >>>specific language, but is different from the localization project that > >>>focuses on translating the software (although both projects work > >>>closely) For more info on this topic please visit > >>>http://native-lang.openoffice.org > >>> > >>>What do you think? > >>> > >>> > >>Well, the project seems so nice. I'd be personally interested in testing > >>and marketing the product here in Kuwait, and maybe other members of the > >>group would support by development and/or testing as well (that's why I > >>sent a copy to the group as well. > >> > >> > > > >Ossama, not to talk on behalf of Charles but I think he meant he wanted > >someone to take over (or help) in setting up an Arabic Openoffice (OO) > >project page (in UTF-8 please :-) -- something akin to, > > > > http://ar.openoffice.org (NOTE - this does NOT exist _yet_) > > similar to > > http://es.openoffice.org (Spanish) > > > >And Charles, I think starting such a page would be ideal to bring various > >open Arabic issues to light and ultimately to closure. > > > >Ossama up for it (to setup the page at a min) ? > > > >Regards, > > > > - Nadim > > > > > >__________________________________ > >Do you Yahoo!? > >Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > >http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > >_____________________________________________________________________ > >Envie de discuter en "live" avec vos amis ? Télécharger MSN Messenger > >http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/m la 1ère messagerie instantanée de France > > > > > > > ---- > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at arabeyes dot org > http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/general -- Muhammad Abdulmuneim Alkarouri Teaching Assistant Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Faculty of Engineering and Architecture University of Khartoum Khartoum, Sudan
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