[brailleblaster] Re: Hanxiao's display example
- From: François Ouellette <braille@xxxxxxx>
- To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 07:41:02 -0400
John: looks like we may have duplication of work here, perhaps I can
work on other features, like exporting; in any case I should check in
my stuff to have Hanxiao use the new import and content loading
features.
Hanxio: The braille view gets updated when a user clicks on the
Translate button after putting content in the daisy view. However the
user can also make adjustments in the braille view, in which case we
need find the corresponding word(s) in the daisy view to "lock" them
and tell the application not to translate them anymore.
François.
On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 4:45 AM, Hanxiao Fu <hxfu829@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> My pace is slow, but I'm still working on displaying and editing. Here are
> some questions:
>
> 1.What specific styles are we going to support? I can set and maintain
> layout settings and font infomation like font size and color now. But I
> wonder what other styles I should work on next.
>
> 2. I remember you might have said that we need to sychronize the two views
> when users edit the content of any one of the two. Can you please further
> explain it?
>
> Thanks,
> Hanxiao
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 12:09 AM, John J. Boyer
> <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Francois,
>>
>> This is great. The general approach is the one I would take, that is,
>> start fairly simple, but build in provissions for later extensions.
>>
>> John
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 11:26:37AM -0400, Fran�ois Ouellette wrote:
>> > John: Thanks. We can probably use Hanxio's approach to build a
>> > prototype, but we should make provision for the more complex functions
>> > as we build a foundation. Locking is feasible, as are other features
>> > if we have a flexible structure for the text editing functions. Which
>> > means that if we save the information in the text part of UTDML we can
>> > easily reproduce the styles and other text features each time we open
>> > the file to do embossing or further editing. I looked at how products
>> > like DBT work and I think we can offer similar functions. DBT uses its
>> > own proprietary file format, while BB will use an XML-based file for
>> > openness.
>> >
>> > Let me know if it makes sense, my brains is bubbling with ideas.
>> >
>> > François.
>> >
>> > On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 12:30 AM, John J. Boyer
>> > <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > > Hi Francois,
>> > >
>> > > We should save everything in the UTDML file. Locking is reallyhard. It
>> > > can be done after editing is taken care of.
>> > >
>> > > John
>> > >
>> > > On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 05:15:55PM -0400, Francois wrote:
>> > >> John: I got all the emails. Displaying is the easy part. Interactive
>> > >> editing is the challenge, especially when comes the time to lock
>> > >> words in
>> > >> the Braille window, etc. Do we want to keep those markings when
>> > >> saving the
>> > >> the utdml file?
>> > >>
>> > >> François.
>> > >>
>> > >> -- sent from my ANDROID phone --
>> > >> On 2012-07-14 4:40 PM, "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > >> wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >> > Here's the example that Hanxiao sent me about ten days ago for
>> > >> > d9isplaying a file. It may be good as a source of ideas, though it
>> > >> > needs
>> > >> > further elaboration.
>> > >> >
>> > >> > John
>> > >> >
>> > >> > --
>> > >> > John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
>> > >> > Abilitiessoft, Inc.
>> > >> > http://www.abilitiessoft.com
>> > >> > Madison, Wisconsin USA
>> > >> > Developing software for people with disabilities
>> > >> >
>> > >> >
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
>> > > Abilitiessoft, Inc.
>> > > http://www.abilitiessoft.com
>> > > Madison, Wisconsin USA
>> > > Developing software for people with disabilities
>> > >
>> > >
>>
>> --
>> 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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