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Kubuntu must support all possible languages - i.e, whatever Qt supports.

The problem is, kubuntu uses much more than Qt - we have OOo, FireFox, etc. So, all supported languages should be intersection of the sets that are supported under all of them. This means co-ordinating between ICU, Pango and Qt. Mozilla, in particular, requires a special compile time option (with a patch also I think), to enable *proper* pango rendering (not pango-lite/whatever)

We should try to achieve a sitautation where a supported language/script must be supported across all applications, and if an application does not work, it should be removed from the base and equivalents that do work should be used instead.

== Stuff that works ==

Kolourpaint
 * text system uses underlying Qt text shaping engine. So most (if not all) languages supported by Qt are supported here.


== Stuff that doesnt work ==

Kate/Kwrite
 * do not work well with Indic family - should be replaced with KEdit.

Amarok & Kaffeine
 * do not display internationalized strings (at least French strings).


== Support Levels ==

 * Text rendering and XKB input methods
 * Input methods (beyond xkb support)
 * Language services
  * locale
  * spell-checker

== Optional compliance levels ==
 * Advanced rendering - requirements for advanced typography
 * Grammar checker/helper