[brailleblaster] Re: Displaying and editing documents
- From: Keith Creasy <kcreasy@xxxxxxx>
- To: "brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 11:28:59 -0400
I can imagine that displaying a NIMAS file correclty could be a bit of a
challenge unless we just use a web view of some sort. We'll have to consider
what is acceptable or whether we can actually use an HTML rendering engine.
K
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Subject: [brailleblaster] Displaying and editing documents
At present, when a file is loaded every text node in the document is simply
displayed. This needs to be improved. Probably we should use an xsl stylesheet,
but we still need examples of how the document should look. I.e., How should
the display of a NIMAS document look?
In the case of displaying a document which has been translated with UTDML, the
Braille is displayed on the right, and the print corresponding to the braille
line is displayed on the left. No stylesheet is needed.
In both cases, we need to work out how the files are edited. The underlying xml
document is handled by xom, a package for parsing, building and manipulating
xml files. The intermediate level will be handled by overriding methods in the
SWT StyledTextContent class. There is already a BrailleContent class and a
DaisyContent class. They need to be fleshed out.
The "top" level is of course what the user enters on the screen. This will be
handled by events and listeners in the content classes.
Thanks,
John
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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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