Hi all,
We now seem to have two Norwegian 8 dot tables: no-no.ctb (which NVDA
currently calls "Norwegian 8 dot computer braille") and the new
no-no-8dot.utb (which the header says is "Norwegian 8 dot"). The new
table seems to include some duplicate dot patterns, so it isn't strictly
"computer braille".
Is the old table supposed to be deprecated and superseded by the new
table? Or are they both valid? If they're both valid, how should we
describe them?
This seems to be an unfortunate pattern with some newer liblouis tables.
A new table gets added for some (probably very good) reason and it seems
to serve a similar purpose or have a similar purpose in an existing
table, but there's no documentation about whether the new table
deprecates the old one, whether the old table is still valid at all, how
they're different, how they should be named from a user perspective
(given that both have similar names), etc. I think it'd be useful if
these issues can be clarified before a table is accepted. UEB is another
example of this: new tables were added, but we already had existing
tables, which makes for a very confusing mess. It's not currently clear
(to me let alone anyone who doesn't know the history) as to which table
should be used.
Also, any chance of including the file names for new tables in the
release notes when tables are added, as well as notes and file names for
any tables that got renamed?
Thanks!
Jamie
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