[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: LibLouis table for six-dot Esperanto

  • From: Mesar Hameed <mesar.hameed@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Aaron Cannon <cannona@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 14:58:10 +0100

Hi,

On Mon 09/07/12,08:36, Aaron Cannon wrote:
> The problem with the line:
> include latinLetterDef6Dots.uti
> is that the w in Esperanto braille is not 2456.  Actually, there is no
> W in the Esperanto alphabet, but it still has a representation in
> Braille because it can appear in "foreign words".
> 
> 2456 is the j with circumflex.  W is 23456.  If there is a way to
> override a symbol from an included table, then you can use the
> latinLetterDef6Dots.uti file, as the w is the only one that is wrong.

Sorry for the mistake, now fixed in svn 721.

> I am fairly certain that this table should replace the 8-dot table, as
> I know of no 8-dot Braille code.  To the best of my knowledge, the
> six-dot Esperanto Braille code is the only one that has ever been
> defined and used.

Ok, have also renamed it eo-g1.ctb to be closer with the naming schema we are 
currently using, hope this is ok.

Thanks,
Mesar
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