[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Some Recent Concerns
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 13:01:16 -0500
Eitan,
Go ahead and apply the patch to the autotooled version. I actually
thought you would do that as soon as I said it looked ok. I'll put a new
version on www.jjb-software.com soon.
Thanks for your comments on software quality assurance. I'll have to
learn about these things.
John
On Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 10:16:49AM -0700, Eitan Isaacson wrote:
> John,
>
> So do you think we could apply that patch to liblouis?
>
> Cheers,
> Eitan.
>
> On Fri, 2008-05-30 at 15:29 -0500, John J. Boyer wrote:
> > Eitan,
> >
> > Thanks. Now I see why src = k; works. The for_updtePosition function
> > uses src to calculate input positions.
> >
> > John
> >
> > On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 11:09:11AM -0700, Eitan Isaacson wrote:
> > > Hey John,
> > >
> > > src = k makes it possible to give correct inpos positions. For example
> > > if I am translating the word "Test" with computer braille the inpos
> > > array will look like this: {0,0,0,0}. By advancing src after every
> > > character the inpos array gets created correctly and looks like this:
> > > {0,1,2,3}. I was concerned about playing with a global variable that I
> > > don't understand. But this helped, and I didn't see another way to fix
> > > that.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Eitan.
> > >
> > > On Fri, 2008-05-30 at 12:11 -0500, John J. Boyer wrote:
> > > > General: I'm learning how to run this project as we go along. In the
> > > > future I'll be more aware of the need for testing and of portability
> > > > concerns. I'll also be more careful not to mess things up for
> > > > established users when new features are added.
> > > >
> > > > For Jeff: I'll get back to you about the path probpem. Where are you
> > > > keeping your lbx_files directory. There is a new subroutine in paths.c
> > > > that will provide the name of the Program Files dioectory. If your
> > > > lbx_files directory is there, look for the line that contains
> > > > yourSubDir
> > > > and change it. If not, you will be able to change the path in lines
> > > > near
> > > > this location.
> > > >
> > > > For Eitan: Your changes look ok. I am wondering about the statement src
> > > > = k; It shouldn't be necessary. If it makes a difference there may be a
> > > > problem elsewhere.
> > > >
> > > > John
> > > >
> > >
> > > For a description of the software and to download it go to
> > > http://www.jjb-software.com
> >
>
> For a description of the software and to download it go to
> http://www.jjb-software.com
--
John J. boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
JJB Software, Inc.
http://www.jjb-software.com
Madison, WI USA
Developing software for people with disabilities
For a description of the software and to download it go to
http://www.jjb-software.com
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