[duxuser] Re: FW: Possible bug in DBTW

  • From: "Braille Library" <tasbraille@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 21:28:35 +1000

To George Bell,
Please could you take us off theis mailing List? Thank you. Lorrie Neate,
secretary, Braille Library:   tasbraille@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: George Bell <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, 14 July 2003 2:40
Subject: [duxuser] FW: Possible bug in DBTW


>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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