Dear friends, How are you? Recently I bought Version 4 of Acrobat. Now one of the features of this programme is Acrobat Writer which allows me to embed fonts...
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Angelo Dalli
adall@...
Jun 2, 2001 11:43 am
As far as I know Acrobat Reader will attempt to substitute fonts if it does not find the one you produced the document with. Thus if I produce a document using...
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Carmel Attard
karatt@...
Jun 3, 2001 9:16 pm
Dear All, I refer to Angelo's comments regarding PDF. I understand that when you use PDF distiller and you embed the Maltese fonts. Acrobat doesn't change any ...
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Angelo Dalli
adall@...
Jun 4, 2001 12:57 am
According to my tests, if you embed the Maltese fonts, Acrobat will autoamtically use them on any system and the document will display and print out perfectly...
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Steven R. Loomis
srl@...
Jun 4, 2001 12:39 pm
At the risk of announcing vaporware :) let me say that I have put together something consisting of a modified font, and a set of keyboard shortcuts so that...
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Angelo Dalli
adall@...
Jun 5, 2001 5:15 pm
Hi all, The Maltilex project is pleased to announce the preview release of the Maltese to IPA transcription service to SMC group members. Goto ...
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Carmel Attard
karatt@...
Jun 6, 2001 1:53 am
Dear all, I have tried to use the IPA transcription service and I did try to follow the instruction. I typed the word ghamel and I assumed that when I click...
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Angelo Dalli
adall@...
Jun 6, 2001 2:32 pm
Hi, when you type in the word ghamel, the word ghamel will be displayed again together with the phonetic transcription of the word ghamel in the International...
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Angelo Dalli
adall@...
Jun 8, 2001 1:07 pm
Hi, The Maltese to IPA transcription program has been improved over the last few days giving much more accurate results. Another feature that has been added is...
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Ramon Casha
rcasha@...
Jun 10, 2001 5:28 am
As some of you might know I am quite a devoted Linux user, and have recently embarked on a project to translate KDE (one of its more popular user interfaces)...
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John Axiak
rageagainstmobiles@...
Jun 12, 2001 7:49 am
Hallo Ramon, proset, bicca xghol sabiha tal-messag bil-Malti. Bhalissa jien qed nahdem bl-muLinux (mini linux) u qewd nithajjar nuza l-KBabel biex forsi...
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Steven R. Loomis
srl@...
Jun 14, 2001 5:58 pm
hi all I've started to do some more updates on the lingwa site.. http://www.lingwa.org.mt Made the mirror in sync with the Malta main site. Added a 'solutions'...
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Ramon Casha
rcasha@...
Jun 15, 2001 5:27 am
~~~~~~~~ linux.org.mt launched ~~~~~~~~ I'm pleased to announce that a new website, dedicated to Linux users in Malta, has been launched. The website will...
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Steven R. Loomis
srl@...
Jun 15, 2001 8:59 am
Ramon, Prosit.. Re the keyboard - I would also like to know about this.. I have not gotten any further response from Mr. Felice Pace, MSA, or any other ...
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Joe Felice Pace
josephfp@...
Jun 15, 2001 8:57 pm
The official Maltese keyboard has been decided upon by the MSA Technical Committee and a call for comments will be made soon. Joe Felice Pace ... From: "Ramon...
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Steven R. Loomis
srl@...
Jun 15, 2001 9:43 pm
... Mr. Pace, I assume this is the layout mentioned on your email to me of March 1st.. I had posted comments previously regarding it and had not heard any ...
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Mike Rosner
mros@...
Jun 16, 2001 8:53 pm
Good one Steven - let's see what he says to this Mike ... From: Steven R. Loomis [mailto:srl@...] Sent: Friday June 15, 2001 23:41 To:...
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Steven R. Loomis
srl@...
Jun 18, 2001 11:35 am
Hello, Today's In-Nazzjon, page 7, has an article about the CIMU maltese language system. Everyday I buy a different paper, and by the time I saw this...
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Joe Felice Pace
josephfp@...
Jun 18, 2001 8:37 pm
Thanks for the information. I have not seen today's In-Nazzjon but will make it a point to read the article tomorrow, and will possibly make enquiries. The MSA...
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Steven R. Loomis
srl@...
Jun 26, 2001 9:16 am
There is an article in the times today, 1st page of the timesofmalta.com IT section insert. -s...
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Steven R. Loomis
srl@...
Jul 6, 2001 9:08 am
Hello, I would like to propose a new project. You can think of it as either a glossary of Maltese computing terms, or as a series of short encyclopedia ...
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Carmel Attard
karatt@...
Jul 6, 2001 11:19 am
Dear Steve, I think it's an excellent idea to have a set of computing technical terms in Maltese. To start the ball going, here is my puny effort; 1. email...
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Steven R. Loomis
srl@...
Jul 6, 2001 11:57 am
The new DOI site also is in Maltese, and has a cool search section with javascript links for typing in Maltese. I wonder if the Javascript input method could...
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Ramon Casha
rcasha@...
Jul 6, 2001 2:04 pm
I am working on an online dictionary - should be ready next week (fingers crossed). Ramon Casha ...
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Ramon Casha
rcasha@...
Jul 6, 2001 2:15 pm
The codes have a missing semicolon, eg. "ħ" instead of "ħ". It looks a bit of a mess but I'm glad they're taking this step. I already informed them...
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Ramon Casha
rcasha@...
Jul 6, 2001 2:27 pm
... Personally I feel that - where possible - words which are ALREADY in popular use should not be changed too much. For example, in my translation of Linux I...
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Ramon Casha
rcasha@...
Jul 6, 2001 2:42 pm
KDE, the popular user-interface for Linux, has just issued the first beta of version 2.2, and Maltese is one of the official languages included! Of course it...
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John Axiak
rageagainstmobiles@...
Jul 6, 2001 4:41 pm
Hallo, I also agree with making computing technical terms in Maltese but I have two suggestions/additives to those words which Carmel Attard invented words...
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Steven R. Loomis
srl@...
Jul 6, 2001 4:53 pm
... I would hope that the book would be put into general use among schools and persons writing technical articles. basically make it available to the public...
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Angelo Dalli
adall@...
Jul 6, 2001 5:07 pm
Hi, I would love to see Ramon's electronic dictionary online - the Maltilex server will be hosting a similar facility in the future, but right now we're...
