From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 18 08:53:03 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC03316A419 for ; Tue, 18 Sep 2007 08:53:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Received: from igloo.linux.gr (igloo.linux.gr [62.1.205.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E8C013C48E for ; Tue, 18 Sep 2007 08:53:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Received: from kobe.laptop (vader.bytemobile.ondsl.gr [83.235.244.135]) (authenticated bits=128) by igloo.linux.gr (8.14.1/8.14.1/Debian-9) with ESMTP id l8I8qV05005359 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:52:47 +0300 Received: from kobe.laptop (kobe.laptop [127.0.0.1]) by kobe.laptop (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l8I8qE12002378; Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:52:30 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by kobe.laptop (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id l8I8qEtS002377; Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:52:14 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:52:14 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Max Laier Message-ID: <20070918085214.GA2099@kobe.laptop> References: <20070916135621.GA14098@kobe.laptop> <200709180934.43134.max@love2party.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200709180934.43134.max@love2party.net> X-Hellug-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Hellug-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-4.087, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, AWL 0.31, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-Hellug-MailScanner-From: keramida@freebsd.org X-Spam-Status: No Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Non-English articles? X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 08:53:03 -0000 On 2007-09-18 09:34, Max Laier wrote: >On Sunday 16 September 2007, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >> A fellow Greek translator, Nikos Kokkalis, has submitted an article >> that describes how to configure FreeBSD for Greek support (both when >> working on the console, and when working in X11). >> >> This article is only in Greek now, but it's short enough that it would >> probably be ok to translate it to English too. > > Sounds like a bootstrapping problem - in order to read the Greek document > on how to setup Console or X11 for display of Greek characters, one would > need a system capable of displaying Greek characters ... True. This can be a problem. Many users have access to "another box" when they try FreeBSD, which works perfectly fine for their current setup. Or they can print an article from another system. The particular article is mostly aiming at the FreeBSD newbie, who already has an installation of Foobar OS, and wants to give FreeBSD a try :)