[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: LibLouis table for six-dot Esperanto
- From: Aaron Cannon <cannona@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Mesar Hameed <mesar.hameed@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 21:56:39 -0500
Hi.
Unfortunately, I have not been able to track down an official defining
document for Esperanto Braille. I haven't even been able to discover
whether or not such a document even exists.
I am CCing another individual who might be able to shed more light on
the situation.
Thanks, and sorry I can't be more help.
Aaron
On 7/16/12, Mesar Hameed <mesar.hameed@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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