[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Going back to a previous version of liblouis
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 02:00:32 -0500
Jamie,
Thanks for the clear instructions. They work nicely, but I am having
trouble finding a version of lou_translateString.c in which emphasis
isn't broken. Well, I guess I'll just keep looking. Meanwhile, I'm
working out a simple scripting language which will be an extension of
the multipass, context and correct opcodes.
John
On Mon, Aug 01, 2011 at 10:03:11AM +1000, James Teh wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> You'll first need to find the revision number you want to go back to using:
> svn log
> (You can enter a rough date to find a revision, but it's probably better
> to use the log, as the log messages will hopefully guide you to find the
> right revision.)
> You can then roll back to the old file using:
> svn update -r revision filename
> replacing revision and filename as appropriate.
> You can also just get the old file without overwriting the current file
> by doing:
> svn cat -r revision filename > outputFilename
>
> Jamie
>
> On 29/07/2011 5:01 PM, John J. Boyer wrote:
> >Now we do need the history information in the svn repository. My latest
> >attempts to fix emphasis problems have only broken things that were
> >already working. I need to go back to the versions of
> >lou_translateString.c lou_backTranslateString.c and transcommon.ci from
> >about three months ago. Does anyone know how to do this in svn? Or
> >perhaps someone has the tarball of the nest-to-last release.
> >
> >When I wrote the emphasis and capitalization algorithms I was unaware of
> >the requirements of many braille codes, in particular putting
> >end-of-emphasis and of capitalization after the last word of a phrase,
> >rather than before. The presient algorithm will have to be replaced,
> >probably by an extension of the context opcode with a new emphasis
> >opcode.
> >
> >For anyone who wants to get dizzy, the problem is in the function
> >validMatch in lou-translateString.c, but it may not be limited to that
> >function.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >John
> >
>
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