[brailleblaster] Re: Word Processing Features: Re: Re: two lists?
- From: "qubit" <lauraeaves@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:12:02 -0600
how would the braille window represent a change in font? Or would it
completely ignore it, thus losing the information conveyed by the font
change?
I think the handling of font -- even just on the print side -- should be
handled carefully. For one thing, I think that the representation of a font
on the screen may already be supported by some interface -- tables and
images, etc). Rather than rush off and implement it by hand I think someone
(did I volunteer?) should search for existing code.
Then in transcribing into braille, maybe the important thing to preserve in
the formatted braille is that there was a change in font for a block of
text, thus setting it apart.
Again, I may be showing my inexperience in braille transcription -- JohnB,
what does liblouisutdml do with font changes?
--le
----- Original Message -----
From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 1:14 PM
Subject: [brailleblaster] Word Processing Features: Re: Re: two lists?
We will have styles, since a person will be able to assign the various
things that Daisy xml supports, such as headings, lists, etc.
I've been wondering how much word processing stuff we need also. We will
probably have only a few font choices, for example.
John
On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 01:52:58PM -0500, Rick Roderick wrote:
> Laura,
>
> All of this makes sense to me. I think the word processing can be fairly
> simple, but will we have styles, like MegaDots and Duxbury, or will we
> have
> codes. like all versions of Duxbury and Hot Dots.
>
> In other words, will I have to manually insert codes, or will I do this
> from
> a list.
>
> I am talking about formatting symbols.
>
--
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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