[duxuser] Re: FW: Possible bug in DBTW
- From: "George Bell" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 20:39:44 +0100
Hi Steve,
It's a very good point, and I'll pass it on to the relevant people to
see what can be done programmatically. I'll also try to stress it in
the Help files.
George.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Dresser [mailto:s.dresser@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 13 July 2003 19:35
> To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Hi George,
>
> Well, that's good to know, I guess, but it was still a
> surprise. It might be helpful to have DBT pop up a message
> indicating that the code you insert only works during
> translation. I can see someone being quite frustrated
> because they don't realize this is the case. This situation
> also sup0ports my contention that it's better to work in a
> print document and translate it. Unfortunately, I was in a
> hurry and decided to take a shortcut. I probably won't do that again.
>
> Steve
>
> On Sunday 7/13/03 12:50 George Bell wrote:
> >Hi Steve,
> >
> >Here's the response from the programmer.
> >George.
> >
> > > You're right about this; the program is working according to
> > > design: [txi] and [cbi] insert indicators only as a document
> > > is translated.
> > >
> > > One might debate the quality of that design of course, but
> > > such a debate wouldn't turn this behavior into a bug.
> > >
> > > - Peter
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: George Bell [mailto:info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 4:41 AM
> > > To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> > > Hi Steve,
> > >
> > > I don't actually believe this is a "bug" as such, but I have
> > > asked for confirmation from Duxbury.
> > >
> > > Simply inserting codes into a DBT braille file will have no
> > > effect because at that stage they are not designed to trigger
> > > any kind of translation.
> > > Forcing a back-translation will retain the code, and of
> > > course when you translate yet again, the codes will take effect.
> > >
> > > I think we also have to consider and appreciate that direct
> > > braille editing is just that. If codes were to start
> > > changing things like this, it would then become in a way,
> > > rather like Word's annoying autocorrect as you type.
> > >
> > > However, if I'm entirely wrong, I have absolutely no doubt I
> > > will receive a corrective note from Duxbury.
> > >
> > > George Bell.
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Steve Dresser [mailto:s.dresser@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: 03 July 2003 15:44
> > > To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> > > Hi everyone,
> > >
> > > I'm using DBTW 10;4, and I think I may have found a minor
> > > bug. While writing a braille document, I inserted the [cbi]
> > > and [txi] codes at the beginning and end of an Email address,
> > > but when I turned Show Codes off, the beginning and ending
> > > computer braille indicators were not there. I
> > > back-translated the file to see if the codes would be brought
> > > into the print file, and they were. I translated the print
> > > file back into braille, and the indicators were there as they
> > > should be. It seems as if the [cbi] and [txi] codes are not
> > > being processed properly in braille documents. I'd be
> > > interested in anyone else's experiences with this.
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
> > >
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