From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 6 07:44:33 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAAB516A41F for ; Thu, 6 Oct 2005 07:44:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kambizzz@gmail.com) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.205]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 668E243D45 for ; Thu, 6 Oct 2005 07:44:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kambizzz@gmail.com) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 71so152572wra for ; Thu, 06 Oct 2005 00:44:32 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=S9B0XD3rlzBrn7NrSA67kh+U/y0TmT4Tj7O+XTt8R78J2NjheQseQ3jyv8Gq1C1yowekxAlxExIZthaIP+8rCOJXdUD+LNHgMV4kcqlZupj+i3BVHcIHhRohaJUdoJIDk1fz+GTgbDCaEI8pKvCclkarUs8elUtqT31558Qo2r8= Received: by 10.54.93.15 with SMTP id q15mr963731wrb; Thu, 06 Oct 2005 00:44:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.54.84.13 with HTTP; Thu, 6 Oct 2005 00:44:32 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 15:44:32 +0800 From: Kambiz Agahian To: Chuck Swiger , freebsd-doc@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <4344C712.20407@mac.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <433FE814.2020708@mac.com> <4344C712.20407@mac.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: FreeBSD Farsi (Persian) Translation X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Kambiz Agahian List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 07:44:34 -0000 Hi chuck , Thank you for advice. We are going to start the first section of handbook which seems esential fo= r newbies. Please let me know what fonts are preferred for docs because Persian(Farsi) language normally is typed using UTF-8 and I could not find instructions regarding this font. Sincerely, Kambiz On 10/6/05, Chuck Swiger wrote: > > > On 10/3/05, Kambiz Agahian wrote: > >>Thank you chuck for replying. > >>Due to the very fast growth of using Unix-based operating systems in > >>middle-east.It seems imperative to me that the FreeBSD official website > >>has got to support Persian(Farsi) language before any other docs due to > the > >>fact that this may attract first time users and would affect > significantly. > >>In middle-east Persian(Farsi) language is widely spoken and it is the > >>official language of 3 fast-growing countries ,besides many people are > able > >>to understand it rudimenterily in this region. > >>As such,we sringly believe that supporting Pesian(Farsi) language is a > >>must for our BSD community and that's why we are here. > >>I'e visited recommended pages and > >>-No group is working on this language . > >>-No server is mirroring any BSD community official stuff in above > >>countries. > >> Hence, I think that we need your guidelines to start the job as soon a= s > >>possible, we need an starting point (it is much better that we start > from > >>website). > >>Hope to have a FreeBSD in Persian! > >>Thank you, > > The tools used to build the documentation such as the handbook are also > used to > build much of the website on www.freebsd.org itse= lf. You should install the > docproject tools and follow the FDP at least far enough to check out the > doc > and www trees via CVS or CVSup, and build an article or two yourself from > the > existing content so that you understand how things work and the basics of > SGML/XML markup. > > While you can in theory start translating any content you want to work on= , > you > really ought to start with the Handbook, specificly the first section on > how to > install FreeBSD itself. When you have useful content translated and > available, > you can either submit a PR or post it, or a link to it, here on the > mailing list... > > -- > -Chuck > >