Feature #5990
localization at runtime
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Description
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Implementation
done
- use our custom amnesiabranding iceweasel extension to localize at runtime:
- the homepage: done
- the default search engine: done
- The
feature/more_languages
branch installs all iceweasel l10n packages (adds 10-20MB to the ISO size) - The
feature/tails-greeter
branch stops using localepurge. - implement a graphical language-choosing boot menu: TailsGreeter
Resources
- debian-i18n mailing list
- have a look to tasksel’s chinese-s-desktop, arabic-desktop, and so on for fonts, input systems, etc.; in Wheezy, there are the
task-*-desktop
packages - http://webconverger.org/i18n/ (they don’t support CJK as it takes 100M+)
- Debian Live’s
live-config-staging
repository has a 904-locales-extra hook that installs a locale-dependent packages set at boot-time in order to better support theja_JP
,ko_KR
andzh_CN
locales.
Size
openoffice.org-l10n-*
: 210MB compressed .deb (Squeeze amd64)openoffice.org-hyphenation-*
and dependencies: 4.5MB compressed .deb (Squeeze i386); in Wheezy, the packages are calledhyphen-*
and more languages are supportedopenoffice.org-thesaurus-*
: 23MB compressed .deb (Squeeze i386); in Wheezy, the packages are calledmythes-*
Fonts
Indic
Fonts for all languages used in India: ttf-indic-fonts metapackage (done in feature/more_languages
branch).
Misc
Other font packages that might be relevant:
- ttf-unifont - TrueType version of the GNU Unifont (it has most possible glyphs but is ugly => nice fallback font)
- ttf-wqy-zenhei - "WenQuanYi Zen Hei" A Hei-Ti Style (sans-serif) Chinese font
- ttf-unfonts - Un series Korean TrueType fonts
- fonts-ipafont-gothic - Japanese OpenType font set, IPA Gothic font
- fonts-ipafont-mincho - Japanese OpenType font set, IPA Mincho font
- fonts-vlgothic - Japanese TrueType font from Vine Linux
- ttf-khmeros - KhmerOS Unicode fonts for the Khmer language of Cambodia
- ttf-sil-padauk - smart Unicode font for languages in Myanmar
- ttf-tmuni - font for Tibetan, Dzongkha and Ladakhi (OpenType Unicode)
- ttf-sinhala-lklug - Unicode Sinhala font by Lanka Linux User Group
- ttf-kannada-fonts - Free TrueType fonts for the Kannada language
- ttf-sil-scheherazade - smart Unicode font for Arabic
- ttf-ancient-fonts - Unicode Fonts for Ancient Scripts
Subtasks