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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Chris,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Thanks for your observation.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I seriously considered the internationalization
option prior to getting involved in writing Sugar activities.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I found that what I wanted to do was *intensively*
text-based, and that if I wanted control of the look of the text (i.e., text
onscreen formatting), I'd need to carefully control it - often even down to
the precise number of characters.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Screen formatting especially became an issue with
labels and associated text in widgets (e.g., buttons). The width of a widget
would depend, for example, on the number of characters in the label - so how
could I guarantee that widgets would be approximately the same size (along with
corresponding text)?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I've spent a lot of effort trying to get my text
screens "looking right." An international approach would require a completely
different and more graphics-oriented programming approach (and I'm sure, a far
more technical one than I'm capable of).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>These are just *some* of my thoughts on the issue;
I've a number of others. (Incidentally, in several of my activities, I've even
included a supplementary .txt file with *further* explanations. It would
certainly be feasible to translate these files *in toto* to different languages,
and simply include them in the distribution. OTOH, the .txt files *supplement*
rather than replace the on-screen materials.)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I'm well aware that my "single-language-only"
approach is probably unique to the world of Sugar; I would have liked to
envisage a practical, feasible alternative that might "reach more children." I'd
also appreciate feedback from developers, users, whomever who have looked at the
activities (such as SamplePlay or FileMix). To date, I've received very little -
no doubt at least partly because the activities are rather complex and clearly
directed at older children.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Art Hunkins</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=cjlhomeaddress@gmail.com href="mailto:cjlhomeaddress@gmail.com">Chris
Leonard</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=abhunkin@uncg.edu
href="mailto:abhunkin@uncg.edu">Art Hunkins</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A
title=sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org
href="mailto:sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org">sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 10, 2011 10:43
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Sugar-devel]
SamplePlay-2.xo in Sandbox</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Art,<BR><BR>Would you please consider setting up the
internationaliization to make it possible to translate this
activity?<BR><BR><A
href="http://en.flossmanuals.net/make-your-own-sugar-activities/going-international-with-pootle/">http://en.flossmanuals.net/make-your-own-sugar-activities/going-international-with-pootle/</A><BR><BR>cjl<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 9:33 PM, Art Hunkins <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:abhunkin@uncg.edu">abhunkin@uncg.edu</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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class=gmail_quote>I hate to bother someone again to reclaim my new version
of SamplePlay from the sandbox. It's been there for 5 or more
days.<BR><BR>Anything I should be doing to ring my bell louder? Or should I
just wait quietly?<BR><BR>Thanks to whomever -<BR><FONT
color=#888888><BR>Art Hunkins
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