[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Try this Mac version of BrailleBlaster.

  • From: Greg Kearney <gkearney@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 08:54:01 +0800

John

I should make it clear that my test machine has no developer tools of any kind 
which would be the norm for most users

Sent from my iPad

On 18/09/2011, at 8:18 AM, "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Greg,
> 
> Apparently liblouisutdml is still having trouble finding all its 
> dependencies. That is why you got the error lmessage.
> 
> The problems with the menus will be cleared up when the 
> internationalization feature is working. What you are seeing is the keys 
> that will eventually trigger text in various languages. I want to know 
> if others want separators or consider them a bother. 
> 
> Thanks for testing. I'll have another version up  on Monday.
> 
> John
> 
> On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 08:12:47AM +0800, Greg Kearney wrote:
>> Ok I got the GUI to run anyway I got a warning the Braille system was not 
>> working. I now would like to address the human interface issue which is 
>> always my strong point anyway. 
>> 
>> 1. Why are all the menu items one word with imbedded uppercase letters? For 
>> example EmbossNow rather than Emboss Now
>> 
>> 2. Menu items should never have punctuation in them.
>> 
>> 3. Can I assume that menu items will have command keys as well such as 
>> command O for open?
>> 
>> 4. Similar commands should be grouped with separator line between groups.
>> 
>> I would be more than happy to go through the interface and clean up these 
>> issues if someone could tell me how..
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>> On 17/09/2011, at 11:02 PM, "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Get it from http://www.brailleblaster.org It works on my machine, but it 
>>> must be tested on a different one. At the terminal type the command
>>> 
>>> java -XstartOnFirstThread -jar brailleblaster.jar
>>> 
>>> Please also try adding it to the desktop or dock.
>>> 
>>> Please read the getting-started.txt file. It will tell you how to use 
>>> the translate and emboss subcommands. 
>>> 
>>> Please try the embossNow! menu item and also the emboss subcommand to 
>>> see what happens.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> John
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
>>> Abilitiessoft, Inc.
>>> http://www.abilitiessoft.com
>>> Madison, Wisconsin USA
>>> Developing software for people with disabilities
>>> 
>>> For a description of the software, to download it and links to
>>> project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
>> 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
> 
> For a description of the software, to download it and links to
> project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
For a description of the software, to download it and links to
project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com

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