[Indic-computing-users] Bangalore meet to discuss localisation....

[Frederick N. (FN) <fr...@by...>]

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Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 14:13:35 +0530
From: Kingsly John <lis...@ki...>
Subject: BLUG Meet March 2003

All:

This month's BLUG meet will be held on March 28th 2003 and will focus
on Localisation. 

All of you who have been wanting to help with localisation and
didn't know how... this is the meet for you! There will also be an
update on IndLinux and demo of Indic support under Linux.

More details/speaker info etc can be found at 
http://linux-bangalore.org/meetings/200303/


Talk Details.
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1. l10n Basics and Translations - Pramod R.

    * l10n Basics
          o Basic concepts ( encoding, fonts, input etc) 
    * Translations
          o what needs to be done.
          o tools
          o translations: kannada team experiences & challenges 

2. My Experiences with Localisation - Alok K

	This talk aims to provide people interested in getting involved with
localisation a sense of what goes into being involved and
issues/problems etc.
from their perspective (based on Alok's experiences)

	o How it started
	o Constraints
	o Tools used
	o Objectives
	o Work done
	o Making things easier
	o Managing the ennui and frustration
	o The future


3. Indic support, IndLinux and You! - G. Karunakar

    * IndLinux update
    * Areas needing help/how you can help
    * Demo of currently available Indic support. 


As usual the meet will end with food and socialising.. and knowing
these localisation guys(from LB/1 and LB/2).. it'll probably go on until 
we are booted out of the venue!  ;-)

Meet Details.
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    * Date : Friday 28th March 2003
    * Time : 6:00pm - 8:30pm
    * Venue :
      Hotel Ashraya International
      Infantry Road,
      Opposite Police Commissioner's Office,
      Phone : +91 (80) 2262921.
      
	* Map - http://linux-bangalore.org/images/ashraya-map.png

    * Cover Charge -  Rs.100 


Agenda : 

l10n Basics and Translations - Pramod R. - Details
My Experiences with Localisation - Alok K - Details
Indic support, IndLinux and You! - G. Karunakar - Details

Cover Charge : Rs.100