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<chapter id="translators">
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<title
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>Translator's Guide to &kturtle;</title>
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<para
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>As you know, one of the great features of &logo; is that the &logo; commands can be translated in your own language. This makes it easier for a child to understand the commands. For a new language, there are 3 files to translate: first the keywords file (or commands) then the logo-highlight-style file and finally the examples. </para>
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<sect1 id="make_directory">
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<title
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>Creating a Directory to hold the Translated Files</title>
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<para
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>First, you need to create a directory to store the translated files. Create a directory called <filename class="directory"
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>tde-i18n/<replaceable
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>code</replaceable
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>/data/tdeedu/kturtle/</filename
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> in your KDE CVS directory, where <replaceable
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>code</replaceable
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> is your country code (the 2- or 4- letter <acronym
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>ISO</acronym
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> code). </para>
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<para
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>Copy the <filename
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>Makefile.am</filename
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> file from <filename class="directory"
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>tdeedu/kturtle/data/</filename
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> into this directory. Open it using your favorite text editor, replace all instances of <quote
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>en_US</quote
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> in the file with your country code (the one used above), and save the file. </para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="commands_trans">
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<title
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>How To Translate the &logo; Keywords (commands)</title>
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<para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Copy the <filename
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>logokeywords.en_US.xml</filename
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> file from <filename class="directory"
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>tdeedu/kturtle/data/</filename
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> to the directory you have just created, and rename it to <filename
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>logokeywords.<replaceable
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>code</replaceable
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>.xml</filename
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> where <replaceable
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>code</replaceable
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> is your country code (the 2- or 4- letter <acronym
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>ISO</acronym
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> code). </para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Translate the contents of the <sgmltag class="starttag"
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>keyword</sgmltag
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> tag (&ie; the information between <sgmltag class="starttag"
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>keyword</sgmltag
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> and <sgmltag class="endtag"
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>keyword</sgmltag
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>) into your own language wherever possible. Also, translate the contents of the <sgmltag class="starttag"
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>alias</sgmltag
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> tag, (&ie; the information between the <sgmltag class="starttag"
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>alias</sgmltag
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> and <sgmltag class="endtag"
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>alias</sgmltag
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>): these are used as shortcuts for the keyword.</para>
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<para
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>For example, translate <quote
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>while</quote
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> in: <sgmltag class="starttag"
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>keyword</sgmltag
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>while<sgmltag class="endtag"
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>keyword</sgmltag
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> </para>
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<para
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>Please do not translate anything else and do not translate the English words in <sgmltag class="starttag"
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>command name="english_word"</sgmltag
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>: these must stay in English. </para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Save your file as <acronym
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>UTF-8</acronym
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> (in &kate;, use <guimenuitem
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>Save As...</guimenuitem
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> and change to <guilabel
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>utf8</guilabel
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> in the box on the right of the file name). </para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Commit your file (add your filename in the <filename
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>Makefile.am</filename
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>) or send it to Anne-Marie. </para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem
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><para
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>In case of any doubt, please contact Anne-Marie Mahfouf <email
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>annemarie.mahfouf@free.fr</email
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> for more information.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="examples_syntax">
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<title
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>How To Translate the Syntax Highlighting Files</title>
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<para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Copy the <filename
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>logohighlightstyle.en_US.xml</filename
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> file from <filename class="directory"
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>tdeedu/kturtle/data/</filename
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> to the directory you created to store the translated keywords file, and rename it to <filename
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>logohighlightstyle.<replaceable
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>code</replaceable
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>.xml</filename
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> where <replaceable
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>code</replaceable
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> is your country code (the 2- or 4- letter <acronym
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>ISO</acronym
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> code). </para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem
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><para
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>In line 4 of the file, there is <sgmltag class="starttag"
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>language name="en_US"</sgmltag
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>...: here you change <quote
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>en_US</quote
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> to your language's <acronym
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>ISO</acronym
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> code (2 or 4 letters). </para
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></listitem>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Translate into your own language the content of the <sgmltag class="starttag"
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>item</sgmltag
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> tag (&ie; the information between <sgmltag class="starttag"
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>item</sgmltag
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> and <sgmltag class="endtag"
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>item</sgmltag
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>). This content must match the <filename
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>logokeyword</filename
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> file. For example, translate <quote
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>while</quote
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> in: <sgmltag class="starttag"
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>item</sgmltag
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> while <sgmltag class="endtag"
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>item</sgmltag
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> and leave the spaces as they are (one at the beginning and one at the end). Please do not translate anything else. </para
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></listitem>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Save your file as <acronym
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>UTF-8</acronym
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> (in &kate;, use <guimenuitem
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>Save As...</guimenuitem
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> and change to <guilabel
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>utf8</guilabel
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> in the box on the right of the file name). </para
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></listitem>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Commit your file (add your filename in the <filename
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>Makefile.am</filename
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>) or send it to Anne-Marie. </para
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></listitem>
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<listitem
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><para
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>In case of any doubt, please contact Anne-Marie Mahfouf <email
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>annemarie.mahfouf@free.fr</email
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> for more information. </para
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></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="examples_trans">
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<title
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>How To Translate the Examples</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Copy the English example files from <filename class="directory"
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>tdeedu/kturtle/data/</filename
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> to the directory used to store the translated keyword and hilighting files. Translate the filenames of the examples in your directory: this will allow users to easily and quickly understand what the example is about.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Translate the keywords in the examples, using those in the <filename
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>logokeywords.xml</filename
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> for your language. The keywords file file must be done, first, before translating the examples.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Save your file as <acronym
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>UTF-8</acronym
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> (in &kate;, use <guimenuitem
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>Save As...</guimenuitem
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> and change to <guilabel
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>utf8</guilabel
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> in the box on the right of the file name)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Commit your folder (add a <filename
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>Makefile.am</filename
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> inside) or send it to Anne-Marie.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem
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><para
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>In case of any doubt, please contact Anne-Marie Mahfouf, <email
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>annemarie.mahfouf@free.fr</email
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> for more information.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Finally, if you want, you can add your own examples in this folder.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect1>
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</chapter>
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