[brailleblaster] Re: Using IDs or Classes in Config files

  • From: Brandon Roller <brandon.r.roller@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 15:47:17 -0400

When I pass semanticsFiles newSem.sem as a configurations setting  keep
getting the error 'semanticsFiles' in column 1 not recognized.
Any idea why this might be happening?


On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 3:34 PM, John J. Boyer <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:

> The least cumbersome way to handle blocks that require special styles
> would be to add the styles to nimas.cfg and make a special
> semantic-actions file for the document with lines such as
>
> newStyle p,id,01
>
> Then when you call translateFile use a configSettings string like
>
> semanticFiles thisdoc.sem
>
> This will have the effect of including thisdoc.sem at the end of
> nimas.sem
>
> John
>
> On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 01:47:06PM -0400, Brandon Roller wrote:
> > Can I use the semantic actions configfile or configstring?  Let's say a
> > paragraph has an id 01 and I want it to have 3 lines before and 2 lines
> > after.
> > With configfile would I make an entry such as configfile
> > p,id,01,newConfig.cfg?
> > With configstring would I make an entry like
> > configstring,p,01,linesBefore=3;linesAfter=3; ?
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 1:39 PM, John J. Boyer <
> john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > Brandon,
> > >
> > > References to a particular document belong in the semantic-actions
> file.
> > > You can add the new style to the configuration file or you could create
> > > a temparary configuration file that includes the "standard" one and has
> > > the new style. This temparary file could also contain a semanticFiles
> > > setting giving the name of a temporary semantics file for the document
> > > which would assign the new style to the paragraph with its ID. Since
> the
> > > document may contain several paragrraphs requiring the new style you
> > > will need a separate entry in the temporary semantic file for each one.
> > >
> > > This is a situation that was not known when liblouisutdml was being
> > > developed. Perhaps a less cumbersome way can be added.
> > >
> > > John
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 01:06:37PM -0400, Brandon Roller wrote:
> > > > Let's say one specific paragraph has different formatting than the
> > > standard
> > > > para.  It is centered and has 3 lines before and 2 lines after.  I
> was
> > > > hoping that I could simply create a new style based off the elements
> > > class
> > > > or id attribute.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 12:26 PM, John J. Boyer <
> > > > john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Brandon,
> > > > >
> > > > > Please give more details. What are you trying to accomplish?
> > > > >
> > > > > John
> > > > >
> > > > > On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 09:30:59AM -0400, Brandon Roller wrote:
> > > > > > Is there a way to specify an id or class for special formatting
> in a
> > > > > > configuration file? I don't see anything in the doucmentation.
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > 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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