[duxuser] Re: FW: Possible bug in DBTW
- From: "Lloyd G. Rasmussen" <lras@xxxxxxx>
- To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 08:48:30 -0400
If you were working on the braille version of the document, you could
probably have put _+ to start the CBC and _: to end it. If this is ever
back-translated, DBT changes those symbol pairs into opening and closing
CBC codes, I think.
At 02:35 PM 7/13/03 -0400, you wrote:
>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
Braille is the solution to the digital divide.
Lloyd Rasmussen, Senior Staff Engineer
National Library Service f/t Blind and Physically Handicapped
Library of Congress (202) 707-0535 <http://www.loc.gov/nls/>
HOME: <http://lras.home.sprynet.com>
The opinions expressed here are my own and do not necessarily represent
those of NLS.
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