[brailleblaster] Re: Draft 2 of BrailleBlaster Design
- From: "John J. Boyer" <johnjboyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 21:05:35 -0600
Sure, that is what I understand from the specs. What I'm doing is laying
the groundwork and acquiring skill in Java and SWT. The detailed
interface for both windows is yours, according to the specs. Hopefully,
by the time you can work on them I will have a set of methods thaat make
the work faster.
John
On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 05:09:48PM -0800, Yuemei Sun wrote:
> There will be a scenario where user wants both the untranslated texts
> and the braille in one window, where a line of braille proceeds by a
> line of the corresponding untranslated texts. In addition, if user
> wants to see original-to-braille word for word, then that original texts
> will be put in such a way that a word is put above the braille word.
>
> Since the braille is in large font size, squeezing in the original texts
> between braille lines should be possible. So it would be nice if the
> Braille Display window will be able to display the original texts as
> well. If user wants only to view the braille, the original texts will
> simply be invisible.
>
> Yuemei
> On 11/29/2010 12:33 PM, John J. Boyer wrote:
> >Yuemei,
> >
> >I'm glad you like the design in general. The WPManager's main function
> >will be to co-ordinate the Daisy and braille windows, move them about on
> >the screen, etc. It's the controller in the MVC design model. Since the
> >Daisy and Braille windows will both need some of the same facilities,
> >these will be placed in the Commons class.
> >
> >I'm not sure I understand your second question. The Daisy and Braile
> >windows will appear to the user aas described in the specification.
> >
> >John
> >
> >On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 12:03:08PM -0800, Yuemei Sun wrote:
> >
> >>Hi, John,
> >>
> >>Looks great! I have a couple of questions for the WordProcessor
> >>package, though.
> >>
> >>1) What's the main purpose of WPManager? Does it act like the main
> >>editing platform, which will call the appropriate display window? Would
> >>it have all the other UI components (menus, tool bars, etc.)?
> >>2) How do we accommodate when users want to see both the braille and the
> >>original? Will the Braille Display do this, ie, show the original when
> >>user chooses to do that, hide them otherwise?
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>
> >>Yuemei
> >>
> >>On 11/28/2010 8:25 PM, John J. Boyer wrote:
> >>
> >>>It is attached. A few things have been added and some classes have been
> >>>fleshed out a bit. The build.xml file for Ant is incomplete. I'm having
> >>>trouble getting Ant to work. The version on my machine is 1.6.5. I
> >>>installed openjdk-1.6 and it doesn't like that. I'm trying to install
> >>>ant 1.8.1 and hopiing for better luck.
> >>>
> >>>The org.brailleblaster.wordprocessor package has two new classes,
> >>>StartupScreen and TextEditor. As previously explained, the latter is a
> >>>bare-bones text editor for advanced users, asnd it can be invoked only
> >>>throuth subcommands. It does not affect the rest of the wordproceessor
> >>>package. I'm thinking of coding it first because of its simplicity and
> >>>because it will give me experience with SWT. This first version will be
> >>>standalone. When it is tested I will move part of it into the Commons
> >>>class and have WPManager call the rest on receiving appropriate
> >>>parameters.
> >>>
> >>>John
> >>>
> >>>
> >>--
> >>Yuemei Sun
> >>
> >>Software Engineer
> >>yuemei.sun@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>541-754-4002 ext 229
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
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