Localising/Converting to English - Revision history

Koan: Fixed broken links and slight mods

2008-08-07T05:49:57Z

Fixed broken links and slight mods

←Older revision		Revision as of 05:49, 7 August 2008
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-	~~==Localising~~/~~Converting to English==~~	+	'''Note:''' someone has copied most of this page from [http://www.users.on.net/~hluc/myZaurus/custom.html]
		+	You should back up your Zaurus before making any of these changes.

-	The C3000 comes in Japanese only by default. The irony of this is that Qtopia and most of Linux were developed in English, and Sharp had to change it all to Japanese, and we have to change it all back again. This makes changing the Zaurus ~~back~~ into English rather simple except ~~for~~ a few applications ~~that~~ were written in Japanese. ~~There are several approaches to switch back into~~ English ~~only mode~~, and ~~there are even some scripts out there that automate the whole process~~. ~~I consider the Japanese a bonus so no way am I going to get rid of it. (Ever tried to add Japanese support to an older Windows version?)~~	+	Changing the Zaurus into English is rather simple except a few applications were written only for Japanese. This page is about making a mixed Japanese/English environment (English menus, mixed Japanese and English titles).

-	'''Switching back to English (quick and dirty):	+	'''Switching back to English (quick and dirty):'''
-	'''	+

	Launch the terminal and change the /home/zaurus/Settings/locale.conf file to use 'en' instead of 'ja'.		Launch the terminal and change the /home/zaurus/Settings/locale.conf file to use 'en' instead of 'ja'.
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	Reboot the Zaurus.		Reboot the Zaurus.

-	~~'''Localising to English but keeping Japanese:~~	+	You can change the timezone using the City Time application.
-	~~'''~~	+

-	(English ~~menus, mixed~~ Japanese and ~~English titles)~~	+	'''Localising to English but keeping Japanese:'''
		+
		+	You need to download the following files from http://www.users.on.net/~hluc/myZaurus/custom/ and place them in a directory called custom in your Documents directory:
		+	* [http://www.users.on.net/~hluc/myZaurus/custom/movieplayer.qmid movieplayer.qmid]
		+	* [http://www.users.on.net/~hluc/myZaurus/custom/libsl.qmid libsl.qmid]
		+	* [http://www.users.on.net/~hluc/myZaurus/custom/apps-mod.tar apps-mod.tar]
		+	* [http://www.users.on.net/~hluc/myZaurus/custom/etc-mod.tar etc-mod.tar]
		+	* [http://www.users.on.net/~hluc/myZaurus/custom/Settings-mod.tar Settings-mod.tar]

	The goal of this localisation is to keep all the Japanese functionality but have English menu items and mixed Japanese and English display of tab entries. Japanese input method, fonts and dictionary will not be affected by this customisation and will still work afterwards.		The goal of this localisation is to keep all the Japanese functionality but have English menu items and mixed Japanese and English display of tab entries. Japanese input method, fonts and dictionary will not be affected by this customisation and will still work afterwards.
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	* chmod 644 *.conf		* chmod 644 *.conf

-	This package [c3000-custom-jaen_0.~~1_arm~~.~~ipk~~] will do the above and ~~is what I use~~ to recover my localisation if ~~I need~~ to reset my Zaurus to factory setting and start again~~. This package is not reversable. You will need [c3000-custom-jaen_0.2_arm.ipk] to be able to uninstall and switch back~~.	+	This package [http://zaurus.daemons.gr/menaie/mirror/stuff/c3000-custom-jaen_0.2_arm.zip] will do the above and can be used to recover your localisation if you want to reset my Zaurus to factory setting and start again.

-	Some applications that you install after the localisation will still appear in Japanese, but most of those can be easily localised as well by looking under the /home/QtPalmtop/i18n/ja directory and if there is an additional qm file named after the application you installed there, simply move it into the .hide directory. However, some applications are written natively in Japanese and cannot be easily localised. I have created [langswitch_0.~~1_arm~~.~~ipk~~] which will allow you to move the qm files back and fro from the GUI (it requires opie-sh).	+	Some applications that you install after the localisation will still appear in Japanese, but most of those can be easily localised as well by looking under the /home/QtPalmtop/i18n/ja directory and if there is an additional qm file named after the application you installed there, simply move it into the .hide directory. However, some applications are written natively in Japanese and cannot be easily localised. I have created [http://zaurus.daemons.gr/menaie/mirror/stuff/langswitch_0.2_arm.zip] which will allow you to move the qm files back and fro from the GUI (it requires opie-sh).

	If you want Netfront to be able to display German umlauts, French accents, and other special characters in addition to the standard English characters and Japanese characters, change /hdd2/Applications/netfront3/prefs and find an entry FontFamilyJa:. Add or modify FontFamilyEn: and set it to a font such as verdana that contains the extended character sets. The following font package is recommended: mico-unicodefonts-verdana_1.5.0-1_arm.ipk		If you want Netfront to be able to display German umlauts, French accents, and other special characters in addition to the standard English characters and Japanese characters, change /hdd2/Applications/netfront3/prefs and find an entry FontFamilyJa:. Add or modify FontFamilyEn: and set it to a font such as verdana that contains the extended character sets. The following font package is recommended: mico-unicodefonts-verdana_1.5.0-1_arm.ipk

Koan: /* Localising/Converting to English */

2007-10-10T04:27:26Z

Localising/Converting to English

←Older revision		Revision as of 04:27, 10 October 2007
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	(English menus, mixed Japanese and English titles)		(English menus, mixed Japanese and English titles)

-	The goal of this localisation is to keep all the Japanese ~~funtionality~~ but have English menu items and mixed Japanese and English display of tab entries. Japanese input method, fonts and dictionary will not be affected by this customisation and will still work afterwards.	+	The goal of this localisation is to keep all the Japanese functionality but have English menu items and mixed Japanese and English display of tab entries. Japanese input method, fonts and dictionary will not be affected by this customisation and will still work afterwards.
	* su		* su
	* cd /home/QtPalmtop/i18n/ja		* cd /home/QtPalmtop/i18n/ja

Meanie at 12:21, 1 July 2005

2005-07-01T12:21:08Z

New page

==Localising/Converting to English==

The C3000 comes in Japanese only by default. The irony of this is that Qtopia and most of Linux were developed in English, and Sharp had to change it all to Japanese, and we have to change it all back again. This makes changing the Zaurus back into English rather simple except for a few applications that were written in Japanese. There are several approaches to switch back into English only mode, and there are even some scripts out there that automate the whole process. I consider the Japanese a bonus so no way am I going to get rid of it. (Ever tried to add Japanese support to an older Windows version?)

'''Switching back to English (quick and dirty):
'''

Launch the terminal and change the /home/zaurus/Settings/locale.conf file to use 'en' instead of 'ja'.
<pre>
[Language]
Language = en
[Location]
Timezone = Australia/Sydney
</pre>
Reboot the Zaurus.

'''Localising to English but keeping Japanese:
'''

(English menus, mixed Japanese and English titles)

The goal of this localisation is to keep all the Japanese funtionality but have English menu items and mixed Japanese and English display of tab entries. Japanese input method, fonts and dictionary will not be affected by this customisation and will still work afterwards.
* su
* cd /home/QtPalmtop/i18n/ja
* mkdir .hide
* mv *.qm* .hide
* mv .hide/libjpn* .
* cp /home/zaurus/Documents/custom/movieplayer.qmid .
* chown root:qpe movieplayer.qmid
* chmod 640 movieplayer.qmid
* cd /home/QtPalmtop/i18n/en
* cp /home/zaurus/Documents/custom/movieplayer.qmid .
* cp /home/zaurus/Documents/custom/libsl.qmid .
* chown root:qpe *.qmid
* chmod 640 *.qmid
* cd /home/QtPalmtop/bin
* mv word-eucJP.rc word-eucJP.rc.hide
* cd /home/QtPalmtop
* tar cf apps-orig.tar apps
* cp /home/zaurus/Documents/custom/apps-mod.tar .
* tar xf apps-mod.tar
* chown -R root:qpe apps
* cd /home/QtPalmtop
* tar cf etc-orig.tar etc
* cp /home/zaurus/Documents/custom/etc-mod.tar .
* tar xf etc-mod.tar
* chown -R root:qpe apps
* cd /home/zaurus
* tar cf Settings-orig.tar Settings
* cp /home/Zaurus/Documents/custom/Settings-mod.tar .
* tar xf Settings-mod.tar
* cd Settings
* chown zaurus:qpe *.conf
* chmod 644 *.conf

This package [c3000-custom-jaen_0.1_arm.ipk] will do the above and is what I use to recover my localisation if I need to reset my Zaurus to factory setting and start again. This package is not reversable. You will need [c3000-custom-jaen_0.2_arm.ipk] to be able to uninstall and switch back.

Some applications that you install after the localisation will still appear in Japanese, but most of those can be easily localised as well by looking under the /home/QtPalmtop/i18n/ja directory and if there is an additional qm file named after the application you installed there, simply move it into the .hide directory. However, some applications are written natively in Japanese and cannot be easily localised. I have created [langswitch_0.1_arm.ipk] which will allow you to move the qm files back and fro from the GUI (it requires opie-sh).

If you want Netfront to be able to display German umlauts, French accents, and other special characters in addition to the standard English characters and Japanese characters, change /hdd2/Applications/netfront3/prefs and find an entry FontFamilyJa:. Add or modify FontFamilyEn: and set it to a font such as verdana that contains the extended character sets. The following font package is recommended: mico-unicodefonts-verdana_1.5.0-1_arm.ipk
<pre>
FontFamilyEn: verdana
FontFamilyJa: lcfont
</pre>