[duxuser] Re: FW: Possible bug in DBTW

  • From: Steve Dresser <s.dresser@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 14:35:24 -0400

Hi George,

Well, that's good to know, I guess, but it was still a surprise. It might be helpful to have DBT pop up a message indicating that the code you insert only works during translation. I can see someone being quite frustrated because they don't realize this is the case. This situation also sup0ports my contention that it's better to work in a print document and translate it. Unfortunately, I was in a hurry and decided to take a shortcut. I probably won't do that again.

Steve

On Sunday 7/13/03 12:50 George Bell wrote:

Hi Steve,

Here's the response from the programmer.
George.

> You're right about this; the program is working according to
> design: [txi] and [cbi] insert indicators only as a document
> is translated.
>
> One might debate the quality of that design of course, but
> such a debate wouldn't turn this behavior into a bug.
>
> - Peter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: George Bell [mailto:info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 4:41 AM
> To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Hi Steve,
>
> I don't actually believe this is a "bug" as such, but I have
> asked for confirmation from Duxbury.
>
> Simply inserting codes into a DBT braille file will have no
> effect because at that stage they are not designed to trigger
> any kind of translation.
> Forcing a back-translation will retain the code, and of
> course when you translate yet again, the codes will take effect.
>
> I think we also have to consider and appreciate that direct
> braille editing is just that.  If codes were to start
> changing things like this, it would then become in a way,
> rather like Word's annoying autocorrect as you type.
>
> However, if I'm entirely wrong, I have absolutely no doubt I
> will receive a corrective note from Duxbury.
>
> George Bell.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Dresser [mailto:s.dresser@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 03 July 2003 15:44
> To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm using DBTW 10;4, and I think I may have found a minor
> bug.  While writing a braille document, I inserted the [cbi]
> and [txi] codes at the beginning and end of an Email address,
> but when I turned Show Codes off, the beginning and ending
> computer braille indicators were not there.  I
> back-translated the file to see if the codes would be brought
> into the print file, and they were.  I translated the print
> file back into braille, and the indicators were there as they
> should be.  It seems as if the [cbi] and [txi] codes are not
> being processed properly in braille documents.  I'd be
> interested in anyone else's experiences with this.
>
> Steve
>
>
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