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- <title>Choosing your Language</title>
+ <title>Please choose a language to use</title>
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- <div lang="" class="section" title="Choosing your Language">
+ <div lang="" class="section" title="Please choose a language to use">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
- <h2 class="title"><a name="drakxid-selectLanguage"></a>Choosing your Language
+ <h2 class="title"><a name="selectLanguage"></a>Please choose a language to use
</h2>
</div>
</div>
- </div>
-
+ </div>
-
- <p><a name="BId-drakxid-selectLanguage-pa1"></a>The first step is to
- choose your preferred language.
- </p>
-
-
-
- <p><a name="BId-drakxid-selectLanguage-pa2"></a><a class="indexterm" name="BId-drakxid-selectLanguage-it1"></a>First open the tree relative to the continent you are located in, and then choose
- the language you speak. Your language choice will affect the installer, the documentation, and
- the system in general.
+ <p><a name="selectLanguage-pa1"></a>Select your preferred language, by first expanding
+ the list for your continent. <span class="application">Mageia</span> will use this selection during
+ the installation and for your installed system.
</p>
-
- <p><a name="BId-drakxid-selectLanguage-pa3"></a>Click the <span class="guilabel">Multiple languages</span> button near the botom of the list to go to the screen to select additional languages for your workstation, thereby installing
- the
- language-specific files for system documentation and
- applications. For example, if Spanish friends are to use your
- machine, select English as the default language in the first screen
- and <span class="guilabel">Espa&ntilde;ol</span> in the <span class="guilabel">Multiple languages</span> screen.
+
+ <p><a name="selectLanguage-pa2"></a> If it is likely that you will require several
+ languages installed on your system, for yourself or other users, then you should use the
+ <span class="guibutton">Multiple languages</span> button to add them now. It will be difficult to add
+ extra language support after installation.
</p>
+
- <div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
- <table border="0" summary="Note">
+
+
+ <div class="warning" title="Warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
+ <table border="0" summary="Warning">
<tr>
- <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="note.png"></td>
- <th align="left">Note</th>
+ <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Warning]" src="warning.png"></td>
+ <th align="left">Warning</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
-
- <p><a name="BId-drakxid-selectLanguage-pa4"></a>You are advised to install the language of your keyboard and the language of the country you live in as additional languages
- if they are not the same as your preferred language.
+ <p><a name="selectLanguage-pa3"></a>Even if you choose more than one language, you must
+ first choose one of them as your preferred language in the first language screen. It will
+ also be marked as chosen in the multiple languages screen .
</p>
-
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
-
-
- <div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
- <table border="0" summary="Note">
- <tr>
- <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="note.png"></td>
- <th align="left">Note</th>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <td align="left" valign="top">
-
- <p><a name="BId-drakxid-selectLanguage-pa5"></a>About
- <acronym class="acronym">UTF-8</acronym> (unicode) support: Unicode is a
- character encoding intended to cover all existing
- languages. <span class="application">Mageia Linux</span> uses <acronym class="acronym">UTF-8</acronym> by default for all languages
- </p>
-
+
+
+ <div class="itemizedlist">
+ <ul class="itemizedlist">
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p><a name="selectLanguage-pa4"></a>If your keyboard language is not the same as your preferred language, then it is advisable to install the language of your
+ keyboard as well.
+ </p>
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+
+ <p><a name="selectLanguage-pa5"></a>Mageia uses UTF-8 (Unicode) support by default.
+ This may be disabled in the "multiple languages" screen if you know that it is inappropriate
+ for your language. Disabling UTF-8 applies to all installed languages.
+ </p>
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+
-
- <div class="orderedlist">
- <ol class="orderedlist" type="1">
- <li class="listitem">
-
- <p><a name="BId-drakxid-selectLanguage-pa6"></a>If you know UTF-8 encoding doesn't work well for your language, tick the box <span class="guilabel">Old compatibility (non-UTF) encoding</span> at the top of the <span class="guilabel">Multiple languages</span> screen
- </p>
-
- </li>
- <li class="listitem">
-
- <p><a name="BId-drakxid-selectLanguage-pa7"></a>Be aware that this will then apply to all languages on your system
- </p>
-
- </li>
- </ol>
- </div>
-
- </td>
- </tr>
- </table>
+ <p><a name="selectLanguage-pa6"></a>You can change the language of your system after installation in the Mageia Control Center -&gt; System -&gt; Manage localization
+ for your system.
+ </p>
+
+ </li>
+ </ul>
</div>
-
- <p><a name="BId-drakxid-selectLanguage-pa4"></a>Note that
- you're not limited to choosing a single additional language. You
- may choose several, or even install them all by selecting the
- <span class="guilabel">All languages</span> box. Selecting support for a
- language means translations, fonts, spell checkers, etc. will also
- be installed for that language. Make sure you select all languages
- which are likely to be useful on the machine now, it may be difficult
- to configure support for languages not chosen at
- install time at a later date.
- </p>
+
+
-
- <div class="tip" title="Tip" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
- <table border="0" summary="Tip">
- <tr>
- <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Tip]" src="./tip.png"></td>
- <th align="left">Tip</th>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <td align="left" valign="top">
-
- <p><a name="drakx-pa18a"></a>To switch between the various
- languages installed on your system, you can launch the
- <span class="command"><strong>localedrake</strong></span> command as <code class="literal">root</code> to
- change the language used by the entire system. Running the command
- as a regular user will only change the language settings for that
- particular user.
- </p>
-
- </td>
- </tr>
- </table>
- </div>
-
+
+
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