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Choosing your Language</th> + </tr> + <tr> + <td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="drakx-intro.html">Prev</a> + </td> + <th width="60%" align="center"> </th> + <td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="acceptLicense.html">Next</a></td> + </tr> + </table> + <hr> + </div> + <div lang="" class="section" title="2. Choosing your Language"> + <div class="titlepage"> + <div> + <div> + <h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="drakxid-selectLanguage"></a>2. Choosing your Language + </h2> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + + + <p><a name="BId-drakxid-selectLanguage-pa1"></a>The first step is to + choose your preferred language. + </p> + + + <div class="figure"><a name="selectLanguage-fig"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 3. Choosing the Default + Language</b></p> + <div class="figure-contents"> + + + <div class="mediaobject" align="center"><img src="images/dx-selectLanguage.png" align="middle" alt="Choosing the Default Language"></div> + + </div> + </div><br class="figure-break"> + + + <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> + + + <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">Español</span> in the <span class="guilabel">Multiple languages</span> screen. + </p> + + + <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="../common/images/note.png"></td> + <th align="left">Note</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> + + </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="../common/images/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="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> + </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="../common/images/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> + + </div> + <div class="navfooter"> + <hr> + <table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"> + <tr> + <td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="drakx-intro.html">Prev</a> + </td> + <td width="20%" align="center"> </td> + <td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="acceptLicense.html">Next</a></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">1. The Mageia Installer </td> + <td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td> + <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> 3. License Terms of the + Distribution + </td> + </tr> + </table> + </div> + </body> +</html> |