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

  • From: Mesar Hameed <mesar.hameed@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Aaron Cannon <cannona@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 20:06:14 +0100

Hi Aaron,

Did you get a chanse to see the below email?

Thanks
-- Mesar
On Tue 10/07/12,10:26, Mesar Hameed wrote:
> Hi Aaron,
> 
> Do you have full access to the formal braille standard for esperanto?
> Could we possibly get a copy?
>
> There are several punctuation/math symbols that should be defined.
> # | \ / [ ] { } @ ~ < > =
> 
> Would you be able to find them for us please?
> 
> Many Thanks,
> Mesar
> On Mon 09/07/12,09:13, Aaron Cannon wrote:
> > Perfect.
> > 
> > Thank you!
> > 
> > Aaron
> > 
> > On 7/9/12, Mesar Hameed <mesar.hameed@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > 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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