Hi Bue,
I have no idea why my message was blank. It isn't blank in my sent items, so
here it is again...
Hoping this is helpful.
With best regards,
James.
-----Original Message-----
From: James Bowden
Sent: 27 March 2020 10:28
To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: SV: testing my changes on table
Hi Ikrami,
Speaking personally, I rarely use lou_trace, only when I need to find out what
rules are happening.
To test tables, I use either lou_checkyaml, for the main tests, or perhaps
lou_translate to simply try things out.
All these programs work at a command prompt. Assuming Windows, type CMD at the
Run dialog.
Then, for simplicity, navigate to the folder with the tables, or set the
louis_tablepath environment variable to point there. (commands are CD or SET)
Example, using UEB Grade 2 (contracted):
lou_translate en-ueb-g2.ctb
(you get a blank line)
Type some text like this.
lou_translate echoes back the braille:
,type "s text l ?4
Press Ctrl+Z to stop.
To translate from braille back to print, simply add the -b switch:
lou_translate -b en-ueb-g2.ctb
(You get a blank line again)
,type "s text ag4
(lou_translate echoes back)
Type some text again.
Again use Ctrl+Z to finish.
Lou_trace operates in exactly the same way, except now, as well as the output
text, you also get a list of the rules which are applied. I have only found
lou_trace helpful if I'm trying to track down a particular error. Once you have
the list of rules, you may also have to look them up in the table, using your
text editor as usual.
I trust this helps.
With best regards,
James.
-----Original Message-----
From: liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ;
ikrami.ahmad@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: 27 March 2020 10:06
To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: SV: testing my changes on table
James bowden's instructions on how to compile a large yaml file through excel
is excellent as well and worth to be added to the page.
However, I honestly still need more simple instructions on how to use lu-trace.
I am a person with zero programing or coding knowledge. I am afraid to say that
this sounded very complicated to me. I try to copy my modified table to
liblouis directory in NVDA and see how it behaves, forward translation works
good, but backward translation always gives me headaches. The problem is that
every screen reader gives different result. This is why I want to be able to
test through liblouis itself so that I get away from the different
implementations of screen readers.
For a description of the software, to download it and links to
project pages go to http://liblouis.org ;<http://liblouis.org>
Donate: http://liblouis.org/sponsoring ;<http://liblouis.org/sponsoring>
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