[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Display opcode versus normal character opcodes
- From: "Vic Beckley" <vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 08:47:23 -0400
John,
I am looking at the latest version of the Czech table. What is the purpose
of including the *.uti files if those characters are already defined in the
text_nabcc.dis file which is included? These included definitions will just
be superseded by the ones in the text_nabcc.dis file, right?
Best regards from Ohio, U.S.A.,
Vic
E-mail: vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx
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Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Display opcode versus normal character
opcodes
Hi Vic,
I know you have to work with some old tables. They are often not well
written. However, to get to the main point, the character-definition
opcodes should be used to define the dot patterns that are prevalent in
your country. If they are used correctly display opcodes are not needed.
However, suppose that you are using an embosser built in another country
that uses a different mappikng between characters and dot patterns. Then
you need the display opcode to specify this mapping. .dis files must be
included at the beginning of a table or must be the first file in a
table list. The dot patterns which are defined in such a file take
precedence over those defined in character-definition opcodes such as
uplow, digit, space, sign, etc. .dis files do not specify any
translations, just which dots go with which characters.O
Incidentally, it is advisable to use uplow in its full form for defining
characters that have both an upper and a lowercase form. For example:
uplow Aa 17,1
John
On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 07:41:41AM -0400, Vic Beckley wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am confused about the purpose of the display opcode. Here are my
> questions:
>
> What is the purpose of the display opcode as opposed to using the uplow or
> other similar character definition opcodes?
>
> Why would a table include text_nabcc.dis which defines all the character
> codes and then include latinLettDef6Dots.uti and digits6Dots.uti which
> includes the same characters? Which would take precedence if they were
> defined differently?
>
> If a table included text_nabcc.dis and then proceeded to define the letter
> W, for example, in the table, which definition would be used? Would it
cause
> an error if they were different?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
>
> Best regards from Ohio, U.S.A.,
>
> Vic
> E-mail: vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> For a description of the software, to download it and links to
> project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
--
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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project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
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