Starting Bengali wikipedia

"Shah Asaduzzaman" <[email protected]> Sat, 28 Feb 2004 13:23:36 -0500
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Hi
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I have started to edit the Bengali interface locale (LanguaugeBn.php)
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First of all I need to know what are the arrays and functions I need to =
change minimally to get going.
I have taken some guides from the Hindi version, and changed the =
following arrays and Functions =E2=80=93
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$wgNamespaceNamesBn
$wgWeekdayNamesBn
$wgMonthNamesBn
$wgMonthAbbreviationsBn
$wgAllMessagesBn  (only the most common messages part)
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function getNamespaces()
function getNsText( $index )
function getNsIndex( $text )
function getMonthName( $key )
function getMessage( $key )
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Also about the "linktrail"   =3D> "/^([a-z]+)(.*)\$/sD", issue=E2=80=A6
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Bengali uses the unicode characters=20
The vowels =E0=A6=85 - =E0=A6=94  and=20
The consonants =E0=A6=95 - =E0=A6=AE =E0=A6=AF =E0=A6=B0 =E0=A7=9C =
=E0=A7=9D =E0=A6=B2 =E0=A6=B7 =E0=A6=B6 =E0=A6=B8 =E0=A6=B9 =E0=A7=9F  =
=E0=A6=82 =E0=A6=83  =E0=A6=81 =20
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It is very similar to Hindi/Tamil or other indic scripts
Could you please help to correctcly encode the regular expression?
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Thanks
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--Shah Asaduzzaman (Asad)
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<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>Hi<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>I have started to edit the Bengali interface locale (<span
class=3DSpellE>LanguaugeBn.php</span>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>First of all I need to know what are the arrays and functions I =
need to
change minimally to get going.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>I have taken some guides from the Hindi version, and changed the
following arrays and Functions =E2=80=93<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
lang=3DEN
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN'>$wgNamespaceNamesBn<o:p><=
/o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>$<span =
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<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
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<pre><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span lang=3DEN =
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<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
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<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
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<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>Also about the </span></font><span lang=3DEN =
style=3D'mso-ansi-language:
EN'>&quot;linktrail&quot;<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>=C2=A0=C2=A0 =
</span>=3D&gt; &quot;/<span
class=3DGramE>^(</span>[a-z]+)(.*)\$/sD&quot;, =
issue=E2=80=A6<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
lang=3DEN
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<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
lang=3DEN
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN'>Bengali uses the unicode =
characters
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
lang=3DEN
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN;mso-bidi-language:BN'>The =
vowels </span></font><font
face=3D"Boishakhi Unicode"><span lang=3DBN =
style=3D'font-family:"Boishakhi Unicode";
mso-hansi-font-family:"Courier =
New";mso-ansi-language:EN;mso-bidi-language:
BN'>=E0=A6=85 - =E0=A6=94 </span></font><span lang=3DBN =
style=3D'mso-ansi-language:EN;mso-bidi-language:
BN'><span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>=C2=A0</span></span><span lang=3DEN
style=3D'mso-ansi-language:EN'>and <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
lang=3DEN
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN'>The consonants =
</span></font><font
face=3D"Boishakhi Unicode"><span lang=3DBN =
style=3D'font-family:"Boishakhi Unicode";
mso-hansi-font-family:"Courier =
New";mso-ansi-language:EN;mso-bidi-language:
BN'>=E0=A6=95 - =E0=A6=AE</span></font><span lang=3DBN =
style=3D'mso-ansi-language:EN;mso-bidi-language:
BN'> </span><font face=3D"Boishakhi Unicode"><span lang=3DBN =
style=3D'font-family:
"Boishakhi Unicode";mso-hansi-font-family:"Courier =
New";mso-ansi-language:EN;
mso-bidi-language:BN'>=E0=A6=AF =E0=A6=B0 =E0=A7=9C =E0=A7=9D =E0=A6=B2 =
=E0=A6=B7 =E0=A6=B6 =E0=A6=B8 =E0=A6=B9 =E0=A7=9F<span =
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>=C2=A0
</span>=E0=A6=82 =E0=A6=83<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>=C2=A0 =
</span>=E0=A6=81</span></font><span lang=3DBN
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style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>=C2=A0</span></span><span
lang=3DEN style=3D'mso-ansi-language:EN'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
lang=3DEN
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span><=
/font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
lang=3DEN
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN'>It is very similar to =
Hindi/Tamil
or other indic scripts<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
lang=3DEN
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN'>Could you please help to =
correctcly
encode the regular expression?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
lang=3DEN
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span><=
/font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
lang=3DEN
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span><=
/font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
lang=3DEN
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN'>Thanks<o:p></o:p></span><=
/font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
lang=3DEN
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span><=
/font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'>--</span></font><st1:PersonName>Shah =
Asaduzzaman</st1:PersonName> (<span
class=3DSpellE>Asad</span>)<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
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