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reference FLOSS manuals for changing the keyboard on more recent Sugar

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~~The~~ XO can be set up for more than one writing system and locale. In this case, the ×÷ key may be replaced by a key to switch keyboards. This is essential in areas that have the same language written in different alphabets, notably India and Pakistan with Hindi in Devanagari and Urdu in Arabic. It is also essential in areas where more than one official language is in use, and they are written in different alphabets. Again, India is the leading case, with 22 official ("Scheduled") languages written in 10 different alphabets.

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= Current Sugar =

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For Sugar installation from 2009, Sugar now has an easier way to change the keyboard layout that's discoverable from the Control Panel. See [http://en.flossmanuals.net/Sugar/Personalising Personalising Sugar].

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= Older Sugar =

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For the OLPC XO-1 sugar version: the XO can be set up for more than one writing system and locale. In this case, the ×÷ key may be replaced by a key to switch keyboards. This is essential in areas that have the same language written in different alphabets, notably India and Pakistan with Hindi in Devanagari and Urdu in Arabic. It is also essential in areas where more than one official language is in use, and they are written in different alphabets. Again, India is the leading case, with 22 official ("Scheduled") languages written in 10 different alphabets.

Instructions for configuring the ×÷ to switch between two languages, or cycle between more than two, are provided at [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Customizing_NAND_images#Keyboard Customizing NAND images#Keyboard]. This procedure is not intended for end users, since it requires editing system configuration files.

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