Re: Symbols To My Liking.

  • From: "Mike & Barbara In Arcadia" <mb69mach1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 13:23:21 -0800

Hi Bob & Dave;

Invoking the Insert / Jaws key + 4, keystroke, I have 48 syymbols in the 
list runningXP Home Pro, Jaws10, 11, & 12.  Take care.
Mike

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bob W
  To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 7:11 AM
  Subject: Re: Symbols To My Liking.


  I don't think so, but maybe.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Farfar Carlson" <dgcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 9:07 AM
  Subject: Re: Symbols To My Liking.


  > Seems too short, Bob. I come up with 48 different symbols when I press
  > Insert + 4. Using XP Pro, JAWS 12 Professional.
  >
  > Are there perhaps some other constants in other headers?
  >
  > Dave
  > Composed on a Dell Latitude 630 in the general vicinity of my Audio
  > Recording and Mixing Studios, San Francisco Bay Area.
  > ----- Original Message ----- 
  > From: "Bob W" <rwiley45@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  > Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 05:10
  > Subject: Re: Symbols To My Liking.
  >
  >
  >
  >
  > I can do better than that.
  > I'll post the actual code below.
  >
  > To my mind, this type of coding is short sighted and very restrictive.
  >
  > Anyway, off the soap box: here's the code. References found in
  > default.jss.
  > -----
  > VKeyboard.jss (the script)
  > include "hjconst.jsh"
  > include "hjglobal.jsh"
  > include "common.jsm"
  > include"VKeyboard.jsm"
  >
  >
  > Script VKSelect ()
  > var
  > int iIndex,;For position in list
  > string strTemp,
  > string strListText
  > Let strListText = description+LIST_ITEM_SEPARATOR+
  > description1+LIST_ITEM_SEPARATOR+
  > description2+LIST_ITEM_SEPARATOR+
  > description3+LIST_ITEM_SEPARATOR
  > if ! strListText then
  > return
  > EndIf
  > Let strListText = (stringChopRight (strListText, 1))
  > ; now post the dialog
  > Let iIndex = dlgSelectItemInList (strListText, DLG_VKEYBOARD, true)
  > If iIndex <= 0 then
  > return
  > EndIf
  > let strTemp = (StringSegment (symbol, LIST_ITEM_SEPARATOR, iIndex))
  > ;TypeString (strTemp)
  > CopyToClipboard (strTemp)
  > TypeKey (cksPaste)
  > EndScript
  >
  > -----
  > VKeyBoard.jsm (constants, symbols and dialogue)
  >
  > CONST
  > 
symbol="?f.??.--×T¢£¥¦§©ª®±²³¶·÷¹º¼½¾ÁÉÍÓÚÝáéíóúýÑñ¡¿æçÇ",
  > description="Eurosflorinellipsisdagger (single)dagger 
(double)bullet
  > (large)en dashem dashmultiply symbolunregistered
  > trademarkcentspoundsyen",
  > description1="broken barsection symbolcopyrightfeminine
  > ordinalregistered trademarkplus or minussuperscript 2superscript
  > 3paragraph symbol (pilcrow)",
  > description2="bullet (small)divide symbolsuperscript 1degrees
  > (masculine
  > ordinal)one-fourthone-halfthree-fourthsA acute capitalE acute
  > capitalI
  > acute capital",
  > description3="O acute capitalU acute capitalY acute capitala acutee
  > acutei acuteo acuteu acutey acuteN tilde capitaln tildeinverted
  > exclamation pointinverted question markAE Diphthongc cedillac 
cedilla
  > capital",
  > DLG_VKEYBOARD="Select a Symbol to Print"
  >
  >
  >
  > ----- Original Message ----- 
  > From: "The Elf" <inthaneelf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  > Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 2:35 AM
  > Subject: Re: Symbols To My Liking.
  >
  >
  >> might be worth it to some, in which file and can you give me the leader
  >> name to the section of the file they are in?
  >>
  >> the elf
  >> Moderator, Blind Access Help
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  >>
  >> ----- Original Message ----- 
  >> From: "Bob W" <rwiley45@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  >> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  >> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 5:40 PM
  >> Subject: Re: Symbols To My Liking.
  >>
  >>
  >>> Well Georges the verdict is in: and it isn't hopeful.
  >>>
  >>> I finally tracked down the script and all those symbols are hard coded
  >>> in. So they can't be easily changed.
  >>>
  >>> Guessing conservatively, I'd say it would take you a couple of weeks 
to
  >>> plug in the Arabic alphabet. <lol>
  >>>
  >>> Bob
  >>> ----- Original Message ----- 
  >>> From: "Georges Zeinoun" <george.zaynoun@xxxxxxxxx>
  >>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  >>> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 9:53 PM
  >>> Subject: Symbols To My Liking.
  >>>
  >>>
  >>>> Hi folks!
  >>>> Maybe most of us here know that when pressing insert+4 we get a list
  >>>> currently comprised of 48 symbols. Say I want to add the complete
  >>>> arabic
  >>>> alphabet to this list, is that possible and how? Thanks.
  >>>>
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