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authorBruno Coudoin <bcoudoin@src.gnome.org>2004-10-18 00:16:03 (GMT)
committer Bruno Coudoin <bcoudoin@src.gnome.org>2004-10-18 00:16:03 (GMT)
commitb5903cb32816d470b279dae613cafa258b6541a9 (patch)
tree930cfe1956c427da5f473031b3011fd9c632487b /README
parentfbba9a01dbaa1c197af6ae3c78edc1eb7895e034 (diff)
includes new images by Franck Doucet fixed for no=>nb/nn fixed by Jérôme
* src/boards/reversecount.c: (reversecount_next_level), (reversecount_create_item): includes new images by Franck Doucet * src/gcompris/config.c: fixed for no=>nb/nn * README: fixed by Jérôme Warnier jwarnier at beeznest.net * configure.in: assemlt flag increated, fixed for no=>nb/nn
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GCompris / I Have Understood
GCompris is a GNU package
-GCompris is an educationnal game for children starting at 3.
-It uses GTK and the Gnome Libraries (especially the gnome canvas),
+GCompris is an educational game for children starting at 3.
+It uses GTK and the GNOME Libraries (especially the GNOME canvas),
the libxml and gtk-pixbuf.
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ the libxml and gtk-pixbuf.
GCompris MOTIVATION
Big Issue:
- Today Linux does not have a lot of usefull educational tools for children.
+ Today Linux does not have a lot of useful educational tools for children.
When they exist, they are hard to find and request the teacher/parent to
manage a lot of independant small tools.
Big Goal:
- Build an educationnal game suite all accessible from a single user interface.
- GCompris provides a simple to use user interface that makes it easy select
+ Build an educational game suite all accessible from a single user interface.
+ GCompris provides a simple to use user interface that makes it easy to select
appropriate boards.
How:
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ How:
the board is free to implement the game scheme it wants.
The status bar is a common facility provided to the board.
- To make GCompris a powerfull tool for all its users, the teachers,
+ To make GCompris a powerful tool for all its users, the teachers,
the children but also the developers, GCompris implements a plugin system
where each board is an independant plugin. Then if the board requires it,
the data set for this board is defined in an XML file.
@@ -45,17 +45,20 @@ About You:
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NOTE TO TRANSLATORS
-Gcompris is a little bit special in terms of translation needs. The best is done
-to bring back everything to .po files but it is not exaustive.
+GCompris is a little bit special in terms of translation needs. The best is
+done to bring back everything to .po files but it is not exhaustive.
To complete the translation, you must also provide:
A set of file in boards/wordsgame/wordslevelx.yy
Where x is the level or max and yy your target locale.
-note that these words must be choosen to be simple in your language, don't necessary
-translate the english. Also, it is important to make sure that these words can be
-written with your keyboard in one key (no alt gr stuff or compose key).
+Note that these words must be choosen to be simple in your language, don't
+necessary translate the English. Also, it is important to make sure that
+these words can be written with your keyboard in one key (no alt-gr stuff or
+compose key).
A complete voice translation in boards/sounds/yy
It is best to choose somebody that speaks and articulate well your language.
-What is great with gcompris is that you can use it to practice a foreign language.
+What is great with GCompris is that you can use it to practice a foreign
+language.
+