[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: New characters
- From: "Jeff Dittel" <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:38:39 -0500
Excellent. Thanks for your help.
I added the book end 9's to the arrows that didn't have them, and added the
missing barb indicators to the NemethDefs.cti file. John, should I send
this to you to put into the next version? Or, should I just keep this and
manage it for my stuff?
Jeff
Jeff Dittel, President
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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516 East Birch Avenue
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> _____________________________________________
> From: liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike
> Sivill
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> Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: New characters
>
> Yes, according to the rule that's how it should be.
> Mike
>
> _____________________________________________
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> [mailto:liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeff
> Dittel
> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 12:01 PM
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> Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: New characters
>
> Mike,
>
> OK, what you have in the NemethMath.cti is:
>
> math \X21CC 1246-25-25-4-135-1246-246-25-25 RIGHTWARDS HARPOON OVER
> LEFTWARDS HARPOON
>
> There is no dot 6 to indicate the bottom arrow barb, so should this line
> be:
>
> math \X21CC 9-1246-25-25-4-135-1246-6-246-25-25-9 RIGHTWARDS HARPOON OVER
> LEFTWARDS HARPOON
>
> Thanks again for your help,
>
> Jeff
>
> Jeff Dittel, President
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Britlan, Ltd.
> 516 East Birch Avenue
> Whitefish Bay, WI 53217
> jeff@xxxxxxxxxxx
> U.S. Office: (414)962-2281
> Costa Rica Office: (414)290-0574
>
>
>
> _____________________________________________
> From: liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike
> Sivill
> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 1:20 PM
> To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: New characters
>
> Hi Jeff,
>
> The Nemeth book I am using is the publication year 1988 by APH. It is in 5
> volumes and has a chapter just on constructing arrows. It has this type of
> barb listed this way: dot 4 signifies that the top half of the barb is
> present while dot 6 signifies the bottom half. Maybe you have a newer
> revision but it seems that something should indicate that it is a harpoon
> and not a full arrow point.
>
> Dot 9 is set as a virtual dot so LibLouis knows that is either a space or
> a string boundary. In this particular entry I think I just forgot to put
> the dot 9's on.
> Mike
>
> _____________________________________________
> From: liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeff
> Dittel
> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 11:03 AM
> To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: New characters
>
>
> Mike,
>
> I got your file, and have a couple of questions on the arrows I am using
> for chemical reactions. Here are the two lines in your file which I have
> questions:
>
> math \x2192 9-1246-135-9 RIGHTWARDS ARROW
>
> Why is the Braille symbol have book ends of 9 rather than 0? I assume
> that 0 means a space. What does 9 mean?
>
> math \X21CC 1246-25-25-4-135-1246-246-25-25 RIGHTWARDS HARPOON OVER
> LEFTWARDS HARPOON
>
> Why does this arrow not have 9 or 0 at the beginning and end?
> Is the dot 4 correct between the right and left harpoon Braille
> translation? From what I have read in the Nemeth book there should be no
> dot 4 there.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Jeff
>
> Jeff Dittel, President
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Britlan, Ltd.
> 516 East Birch Avenue
> Whitefish Bay, WI 53217
> jeff@xxxxxxxxxxx
> U.S. Office: (414)962-2281
> Costa Rica Office: (414)290-0574
>
>
>
>
>
> _____________________________________________
> From: liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike
> Sivill
> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 10:33 AM
> To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: New characters
>
> Greetings,
> I have a table that has all of these symbols defined. I will attach it to
> this message and you should just replace the pre-existing one in the
> tables directory. The filename is nemethdefs.cti
> Mike << File: nemethdefs.cti >>
>
> _____________________________________________
> From: liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeff
> Dittel
> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 1:33 PM
> To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] New characters
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to translate simple chemical reactions, which standard Nemeth
> addresses. It seems that the Braille translation for the yield and
> equilibrium symbols are not defined. Could someone tell me all the places
> I need to add these two characters? The Braille and XML character codes
> are:
>
> Yield:
> → dots 1246-135
> Equilibrium:
> ⇌ dots 1246-25-25-135-1246-246-25-25
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
>
> Jeff Dittel, President
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Britlan, Ltd.
> 516 East Birch Avenue
> Whitefish Bay, WI 53217
> jeff@xxxxxxxxxxx
> U.S. Office: (414)962-2281
> Costa Rica Office: (414)290-0574
>
>
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