From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 3 01:59:42 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CAB816A4CE for ; Sun, 3 Oct 2004 01:59:42 +0000 (GMT) Received: from outbox.allstream.net (outbox.allstream.net [207.245.244.41]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43A7443D3F for ; Sun, 3 Oct 2004 01:59:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from epilogue@allstream.net) Received: from localhost (mon-pq52-110.dial.allstream.net [216.123.132.110]) by outbox.allstream.net (Allstream MTA) with SMTP id 600C61BAFB9; Sat, 2 Oct 2004 21:59:40 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2004 21:59:31 -0400 From: epilogue To: Elwaleed Khafagy Message-Id: <20041002215931.7858ca80@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20041002133323.GA30405@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <20041001185712.36991.qmail@web41907.mail.yahoo.com> <20041002133323.GA30405@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.12 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.10) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ask for information X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2004 01:59:42 -0000 On Sat, 2 Oct 2004 14:33:23 +0100 Matthew Seaman wrote: > On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 11:57:12AM -0700, Elwaleed Khafagy wrote: > > > i can not tell you how happy we am to use free BSD > > but i need some information . > > I am from egypt and our language is arabic , so our > > company really need to know how to make free BSD > > support for arabic . > > we have informix database on our server and sometimes > > we need to use arabic . > > would you please tell me if there is a way to make > > free BSD support arabic you 'may' find the following site to be of 'some' assistance: http://www.arabeyes.org/ http://www.arabeyes.org/project.php?proj=FreeBSD-ports&PHPSESSID=25139c47d0473d132bf4461c4e42e6d1 hope that this helps, epi > As far as I can tell, there is no support for an Arabic language > locale in the base system. However many ports exist with Arabic > support -- eg. OpenOffice. There is an arabic category in the ports > -- mostly containing a number of Arabic fonts. > > I wasn't aware that Informix databases were available or supported > under FreeBSD -- perhaps this is a Linux version of Informix being run > under emulation? Anyhow, I'd expect that IBM as the vendors of > Informix software would be good people to ask about localization > support. I can state for certain that the two biggest free RDBMS > available -- MySQL and PostgeSQL -- both provide excellent support for > many different languages. > > Certainly, there is no problem with such things as hosting (or > viewing) Arabic language web sites under FreeBSD -- all of the web > application programming languages do support Arabic in principle, > although examples and localized documentation may be hard to come by. > > FreeBSD depends entirely on people donating their time and expertise > for all of its code development, web sites and documentation. As far > as I can see there is no ongoing project to translate FreeBSD > documentation and other material into Arabic, or to provide an Arabic > locale in the base system. However, anyone stepping forward and > volunteering to produce such things would be welcomed with open arms. > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > -- > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks > Savill Way > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow > Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH > UK >