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| author | Sacha Chua <sacha@sachachua.com> | 2020-11-10 13:34:03 -0500 |
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| committer | Sacha Chua <sacha@sachachua.com> | 2020-11-10 13:34:03 -0500 |
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Let's try it with individual info pages that are included
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diff --git a/2020/schedule/31.md b/2020/schedule/31.md index 899bc2eb..d48c6fa4 100644 --- a/2020/schedule/31.md +++ b/2020/schedule/31.md @@ -5,38 +5,9 @@ Back to the [[schedule]] Previous: <a href="/2020/schedule/30">A tour of vterm</a> Next: <a href="/2020/schedule/32">Object Oriented Code in the Gnus Newsreader</a> +Sunday, Nov 29 2020, 2:58 PM - 3:08 PM EST / 11:58 AM - 12:08 PM PST / 7:58 PM - 8:08 PM UTC / 8:58 PM - 9:08 PM CET / 3:58 AM - 4:08 AM +08 -# Lakota Language and Emacs -Sunday, Nov 29 2020, 2:58 PM - 3:08 PM EST / 11:58 AM - 12:08 PM PST / 7:58 PM - 8:08 PM UTC / 8:58 PM - 9:08 PM CET / 3:58 AM - 4:08 AM +08 -Grant Shangreaux - -When I began learning Lakota, the language of my ancestors, there was -no way for me to type it on a computer without using non-free -software. Additionally, the only software I could find supported just -one of the proposed orthographies for the language. - -As an Emacs user, I knew that free software offered the ability for -many types of languages to co-exist in the same program and went -looking for how to enable an input mode for Lakota in Emacs. This -talk will discuss how Emacs enabled me to define input modes for -multiple Lakota orthographies using the Quail multilingual input -package. - -I will also discuss some of the ethical and cultural considerations I -went through when publishing the package. Lakota and many other -indigenous languages were actively suppressed for many years, and are -in danger of extinction. The language is being recovered now, but -much of the available educational material comes from non-indian -people. Before publishing an input mode for Emacs, I wanted to ensure -that I included an orthography developed by Lakota people, not only -the suggested orthography present in most of my educational material. -Additionally, the choice of where to publish the source as an Emacs -package was important, since some corporations have been known to -support ongoing oppression against indigenous descended peoples. - - - - +[[!inline pages="../info/31" raw="yes"]] Back to the [[schedule]] Previous: <a href="/2020/schedule/30">A tour of vterm</a> |