Re: [Tuxmath-devel] TuxMath

[David B. <db...@ta...>]

On Sunday 09 September 2007 10:57:24 am you wrote:
> Dear David,
Hi Wolfgang,
>
> first of all, I would like to say "thanks" that TuxMath is still
> developed. My pupils liked the old version and they will love the new one.

Great!
>
> Just two comments:
>
> - On a German keyboard, I can't type in the - character for negative
> numbers. Instead I have to type the German =DF (sz). Is there a workaroun=
d?

I'm not sure - TuxMath recognizes keypresses based on the keysyms defined b=
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SDL (SDLK_MINUS is '-' key in main keyboard, or  SDLK_KP_MINUS which is=20
the '-' key on the numeric keypad).  All I can suggest for now is to try=20
both, if you haven't already.
>
> - For younger German children the English menu of TuxMath is a problem.
> A multi-language version would be great.

TuxMath has the beginnings of that, but only for the Linux version.  I have=
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yet been able to get the internationalization code (Gnu gettext) to build o=
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Windows.  It certainly is a goal.
>
> To improve the handling I translated the titles of the 54 lessons to
> German and installed them on our school network drive. However, some
> pupils would like to install TuxMath at home. Would it be OK for you to
> present a download consisting of a ZIP file (TuxMath including the
> "German" lessons) on my personal homepage / on our school homepage until
> a multi-language version is available?

Of course it would be OK!  Under the terms of the GPL, you should also post=
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the tar.gz source - it would be even greater if your pupils choose to=20
download and work on that!  ;)

If you use Linux, the best way to do the translation is to make a German .p=
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file for TuxMath, which we would be happy to include in the project.  One o=
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the other members of the project (Karl Ove Hufthammer <ka...@hu...>) is=
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much more knowledgable about these issues than am I.

>
> Regards,
>
> Wolfgang
>
>
> Dr. Wolfgang Lezius
> Kopernikus-Gymnasium Neubeckum
> Vellerner Stra=DFe 15
> D-59269 Beckum / GERMANY

Regards,

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David Bruce