From athul at disroot.org Sat May 23 10:25:21 2026 From: athul at disroot.org (Athul R T) Date: Sat, 23 May 2026 14:55:21 +0530 Subject: Translation Updates for Debian in Malayalam Language Message-ID: Hello Joost, I am trying to followup the translation effort by Abhijith P A (https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/debian-flyers-devel/2026-January/000490.html) to translate the Debian Flyer to Malayalam and had a look at the tex files. There are the limitations I found while translation. 1. Indic languages like Malayalam needs lualatex as compiler (Xelatex may work too). 2. Additional parameters like fonts should be included in the preamble. 3. Also the language Malayalam should be set using "\selectlanguage{malayalam}". 4. Change the font encoding from latin to T1 or any suitable one. Also we may need to add some optional parameters for setting the alignment of the text and it may vary according to languages. If we can include such parameters and use lualatex compiler, it may support more Indic languages. I think it is possible by modifying Makefile and the layout template. Also I have modified the header image and translated it to Malayalam. Please find the attached header and let me know your insights on this. I also attach a sample Malayalam latex file that looks similar to the template. Make sure that "fonts-smc" or " fonts-smc-manjari" package and lualatex compiler is installed before compiling the tex file. "Manjari" is the Malayalam font available in the package? "fonts-smc-manjari". Thanks and regards, Athul R T Debian Contributor Free Software Users Group Thiruvananthapuram -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: test.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 24268 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks, Bye, Joost Le Sat, May 23, 2026 at 02:55:21PM +0530, Athul R T a ?crit : > Hello Joost, > > I am trying to followup the translation effort by Abhijith P A (https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/debian-flyers-devel/2026-January/000490.html) > to translate the Debian Flyer to Malayalam and had a look at the tex files. > There are the limitations I found while translation. > > 1. Indic languages like Malayalam needs lualatex as compiler (Xelatex may > work too). > > 2. Additional parameters like fonts should be included in the preamble. > > 3. Also the language Malayalam should be set using > "\selectlanguage{malayalam}". > > 4. Change the font encoding from latin to T1 or any suitable one. > > Also we may need to add some optional parameters for setting the alignment > of the text and it may vary according to languages. If we can include such > parameters and use lualatex compiler, it may support more Indic languages. I > think it is possible by modifying Makefile and the layout template. > > Also I have modified the header image and translated it to Malayalam. Please > find the attached header and let me know your insights on this. > > I also attach a sample Malayalam latex file that looks similar to the > template. Make sure that "fonts-smc" or " fonts-smc-manjari" package and > lualatex compiler is installed before compiling the tex file. "Manjari" is > the Malayalam font available in the package? "fonts-smc-manjari". > > > Thanks and regards, > > Athul R T > > Debian Contributor > > Free Software Users Group Thiruvananthapuram > > > > > \documentclass{article} > > \usepackage[english, provide=*]{babel} > > \babelfont{rm}[Script=Malayalam]{Manjari} > > \tolerance=1500 > \emergencystretch=1em > > \begin{document} > \selectlanguage{malayalam} > > \section*{??????} > ?????????? 28 ????????????? ??? ???????????, ?????. ????? ????????????? ??????????????? ??????????? ??? ????? ???????????. ?????? ???????? 8? 17' 30" ??? 12? 47'40" ???????????? ??????? ??????? 74? 27'47" ??? 77? 37'12" ??????????????? ? ???????? ????????????????. ??????? ???????? ??????????, ?????? ??????? ????? ????????????? ????????? ??????????????. ????????????? 121 ????????????? ??????? 580 ?????????? ?????????? ???????????? ?????????? (This is a sample English text.). ???????? ????????????? ?????? ???????????? ?(???????? ????????????? ??????????? ????????, ???????? ????????? ?????????????????????? ??????????????????) ????????????, ???????? ??????, ??? ??????? ????????????? ???????? ????????, ????? ????????, ????? ??????, ?????????????? ?????????? ???????????????? (?????? ??????? ?????, ??????????? ????????? ???????) ?????????? ????? ?????,[4] ??? ????????????? ?????? ????? ????????? ???????? ??????????? ???????? ???????? (?????? ???????? ?????) ????? ?????????? ???????, 1956-????? ???????????????? ???????????? ??????????????. > \end{document} > _______________________________________________ > debian-flyers-devel mailing list > debian-flyers-devel at alioth-lists.debian.net > https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/debian-flyers-devel From athul at disroot.org Sat May 23 12:43:21 2026 From: athul at disroot.org (Athul R T) Date: Sat, 23 May 2026 17:13:21 +0530 Subject: Translation Updates for Debian in Malayalam Language In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <9f55c56d-b5a6-4eba-b76f-053f5b2cf138@disroot.org> Hi Joost, I forgot to add the command. lualatex test.tex This command directly generated the pdf. Thanks and regards, Athul R T On 23/05/26 16:38, Joost van Baal-Ili? wrote: > Hi Athul, > > This looks very interesting! Which exact command did you use to generate > test.pdf from test.txt? > > I could add it to our Makefile, as a not-executed-by-default target, so that we > won't forget about it. > > Thanks, Bye, > > Joost > > > Le Sat, May 23, 2026 at 02:55:21PM +0530, Athul R T a ?crit : >> Hello Joost, >> >> I am trying to followup the translation effort by Abhijith P A (https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/debian-flyers-devel/2026-January/000490.html) >> to translate the Debian Flyer to Malayalam and had a look at the tex files. >> There are the limitations I found while translation. >> >> 1. Indic languages like Malayalam needs lualatex as compiler (Xelatex may >> work too). >> >> 2. Additional parameters like fonts should be included in the preamble. >> >> 3. Also the language Malayalam should be set using >> "\selectlanguage{malayalam}". >> >> 4. Change the font encoding from latin to T1 or any suitable one. >> >> Also we may need to add some optional parameters for setting the alignment >> of the text and it may vary according to languages. If we can include such >> parameters and use lualatex compiler, it may support more Indic languages. I >> think it is possible by modifying Makefile and the layout template. >> >> Also I have modified the header image and translated it to Malayalam. Please >> find the attached header and let me know your insights on this. >> >> I also attach a sample Malayalam latex file that looks similar to the >> template. Make sure that "fonts-smc" or " fonts-smc-manjari" package and >> lualatex compiler is installed before compiling the tex file. "Manjari" is >> the Malayalam font available in the package? "fonts-smc-manjari". >> >> >> Thanks and regards, >> >> Athul R T >> >> Debian Contributor >> >> Free Software Users Group Thiruvananthapuram >> >> >> >> > > >> \documentclass{article} >> >> \usepackage[english, provide=*]{babel} >> >> \babelfont{rm}[Script=Malayalam]{Manjari} >> >> \tolerance=1500 >> \emergencystretch=1em >> >> \begin{document} >> \selectlanguage{malayalam} >> >> \section*{??????} >> ?????????? 28 ????????????? ??? ???????????, ?????. ????? ????????????? ??????????????? ??????????? ??? ????? ???????????. ?????? ???????? 8? 17' 30" ??? 12? 47'40" ???????????? ??????? ??????? 74? 27'47" ??? 77? 37'12" ??????????????? ? ???????? ????????????????. ??????? ???????? ??????????, ?????? ??????? ????? ????????????? ????????? ??????????????. ????????????? 121 ????????????? ??????? 580 ?????????? ?????????? ???????????? ?????????? 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