[brailleblaster] Re: New Methods
- From: Brandon Roller <brandon.r.roller@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:57:18 -0500
OK.
So what should happen if, for example, a style field
matches "para". Should there be a method to specifically
handle paragraphs? Would there need to be methods to
handle each type of style or action? What if an element
does not match a style at all? For example, in the Nimas
file there are definition tags like dt, dl, and dd tags the bottom.
Sorry for all the questions. I just want to make sure I understand
the next step in the process.
On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 11:40 AM, John J. Boyer <
john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> BraileBlaster and StyledText use the word styles in different ways. In
> BrailleBlaster it means the layout of text, not emphasis or fonts. The
> latter are handled by the action field. The views should lay out the
> text for a paragraph if the style field contains "para', for a principal
> heading if it contains "heading1", etc. If the action field contains
> "italic" the view should use an italic font for the text in the Text
> node.
>
> I think I'll change the word style to layout fo avoid confusion.
> The action field may specify other information than emphasis, such as
> "softreturn" "blankline" "boxline", etc.
>
> John
>
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 10:13:48AM -0500, Brandon Roller wrote:
> > OK, just so that we are on the same page.
> > These methods are used to apply styles such as
> > bold, underline, italics etc. to text?
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 9:47 AM, John J. Boyer <
> john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > Brandon,
> > >
> > > In case you don't have the most recent updates to the repo, I have just
> > > pushed documentation for the new fields. The method names are
> > > provisional. I'm trying to find better ones.
> > >
> > > The startSemantics method sets the first set of field values. The next
> > > method sets the nexxt set. Calls to next continue this until the end. I
> > > haven't worked out what happens then.
> > >
> > > John
> > >
> > > On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 08:59:34AM -0500, Brandon Roller wrote:
> > > > John,
> > > > Can you take some time to explain what the new method would do?
> > > > I am looking through code, but I am afraid I am struggling to see
> > > > how to apply them.
> > > > How should these be used by the views during operation?
> > > >
> > > > -Brandon
> > >
> > > --
> > > John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
> > > Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> > > http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> > > Madison, Wisconsin USA
> > > Developing software for people with disabilities
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
> --
> John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
> Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> Madison, Wisconsin USA
> Developing software for people with disabilities
>
>
>
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