[brailleblaster] Re: Whitespace Bug

  • From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2013 20:54:55 -0500

Brandon, 

Thanks for the explanation. I needed the details. Blank space at the 
beginning of text should not be included in the Braille translation. 
However, the indexes should reflect the state of the text. 

John

On Fri, Jul 05, 2013 at 06:55:54PM -0400, Brandon Roller wrote:
> If the first character in an element is a space, the braille translation
> does not have a space, but that space is included in the braille indexes.
> For example, so the first three indexes are 0 1 1, even though the space at
> zero is not in the braille translation.  If the configuration setting of
> "paragraphs no" is used so that no formatting is included then the first
> character in the braille translation is correctly a space.  However, if
> braille formatting is included, if the first space is not included.  It
> just seems that the newline element before the text is replacing that
> space.  I was just hoping that observation might help point you in the
> right direction.
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 6:19 PM, John J. Boyer
> <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> 
> > Sorry, I don't understand what you mean. What space is it?
> >
> > John
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 05, 2013 at 02:54:12PM -0400, Brandon Roller wrote:
> > > John,
> > > I've noticed something about the whitespace bug.  If I pass paragraph no
> > in
> > > the settings, the space appears in the translation.  If I remove
> > paragaphs
> > > no, the bug occurs.  It seems as if the first newline element is
> > replacing
> > > that first space.
> >
> > --
> > 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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