Paul, Things are a bit slow with the Windows ports and the BrailleBlaster GUI, so I'll see if I can get you into production. To prevent possible misunderstandings, please give me the name of the table you are using. I had to approve this message from you. Messages that you send from your gmail address get through, however. Thanks, John On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 01:14:52PM +0100, Paul Wood wrote: > John, > Glad you are working on the Windows builds as we will be using them also and > the possibility of using the libraries direct within Visual Basic gives us > more potential for integration with Microsoft Word which we use, for > example. As I've identified the settings and what does what, I can now > proceed with Testing, but would be grateful to have this fixed so we can > start using Bert's odt2braille for Production jobs etc. > > Regards > Paul > > On 18 May 2011 22:25, John J. Boyer <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Paul, > > > > Sorry for not getting back to you sooner. This is part of the general > > emphasis problem, which also includes cases where the > > end-of-capitalization sign follows the last word. I will get around to > > these things eventually. Emphasis is the most complex issue in liblouis. > > Right now I'm giving priority to porting liblouis and liblouisutdml to > > Windows using the Microsoft compilers and to the BrailleBlaster GUI. > > Using MinGW for the ports is unreliable and causes problems. It's been > > tried more than once, with bad results. > > > > > > John > > > > On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 05:33:21PM +0100, Paul Wood wrote: > > > I believe Bert and Christian Waldvogel have raised this issue before but > > I > > > can't find a solution! > > > > > > British Braille requires an italic end sign 46-3 AFTER more than three > > > words, A double 46 sign before a string of three words or more i.e. 46-46 > > > and a single italic sign 46 before less than three words, but it seems > > > liblouis can not achieve this. > > > This is the closest I can get! > > > > > > # Italic > > > #italsign 46 # if enabled less than 3 correct, more than 3 incorrect > > (last > > > word has this sign before!) > > > firstwordital 46-46 # if enabled more than 3 correct, less than 3 > > incorrect > > > (is treated the same as more than three!) > > > lastworditalafter 46-3 > > > lenitalphrase 4 > > > firstletterital 46-2 > > > lastletterital 46-3 > > > > > > I believe as others seem to have done, that italsign and > > lastworditalbefore > > > need to be seperate. How can this be achieved? What is the time frame? > > > > > > Thanks > > > Paul > > > > -- > > John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer > > Abilitiessoft, Inc. > > http://www.abilitiessoft.com > > Madison, Wisconsin USA > > Developing software for people with disabilities > > > > For a description of the software, to download it and links to > > project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com > > > > > > -- > > ____________________________________________________ > > Paul Wood, Technical Services Leader > > *Torch Trust* > > Torch House, Torch Way, > > Market Harborough, Leics. LE16 9HL, UK > > Direct Line: *+44(0)1858 438269* > > Tel: *+44(0)1858 438260*, Fax: *+44(0)1858 438275* > > Email: paulw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <paulwtpaulw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Website: www.torchtrust.org > > ____________________________________________________ > > Chief Executive: Dr Gordon Temple > Charity No. 1095904 > > Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. > If you are not the intended recipient please destroy this message > and kindly notify the sender by reply email. The computer from which > this mail originates is equipped with virus screening software. > However Torch Trust cannot guarantee that the mail and its attachments > are free from virus infection. > > ____________________________________________________ -- John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc. http://www.abilitiessoft.com Madison, Wisconsin USA Developing software for people with disabilities For a description of the software, to download it and links to project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com