[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Updated Norwegian tables

  • From: "John J. Boyer" <johnjboyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 22:22:20 -0600

Lars,

After sending the last message I thought I might have misunderstood you. 
Thanks for the clarification.

John

On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 10:30:56PM +0100, Lars Bj�rndal wrote:
> Hello, John!
> 
> You wrote:
> 
> > I have looked at your tables. However, the .dis files will not meet the 
> > requirements of NVDA because they do not define translations. To define 
> > a translation you need a file containing at least character-definition 
> > opcodes. Look at en-us-comp8.ctb . .dis fpes are used to change the 
> > mapping of dots to characters for devices that have a different mapping 
> > than that defined in the character-definition opcodes. For an example of 
> > this, look at en-us-brf.dis
> 
> Yes, I know that. What I said, or ment to say, is that I used the
> .dis files as basement for the no-no.ctb and no-gen.ctb. The 'display'
> opcode is replaced by the 'sign' opcode. So, for NVDA, I think we can
> use either no-no.ctb or no-gen.ctb depending on which braille
> character table we'd like to use.
> 
> In BRLTTY we also have two tables, which are called no-oub.ttb (which
> is the standard one), and no-generic.ttb. The files for NVDA could be
> named something similar (no-gen.ctb - gen means generic).
> 
> Please tell me if something is still unclear.
> 
> Regards,
> Lars
> 
> > On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 10:36:38AM +0100, Lars Bj�rndal wrote:
> >> Hello, John!
> >> 
> >> As liblouis is used to manage translation tables under NVDA, we need
> >> Norwegian computer braille tables. I modified the .dis files to conform
> >> to what I think should be needed. As usual, feel free to change
> >> headers and file names as needed. Not sure about which file extension
> >> should be used for such tables.
> >> 
> >> Please find the attached zip with the new tables includeing those I
> >> sent previously.
> >> 
> >> Lars
> For a description of the software and to download it go to
> http://www.jjb-software.com

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