[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Some Recent Concerns
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 15:40:38 -0500
Mike, Thanks.
Jeff, Please use 4 instead of 456.
John
On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 01:20:13PM -0700, Mike Sivill wrote:
> Those are not the correct dot patterns. For square brackets in Nemeth they
> should be:
> Opening: dots 4, 12356
> Closing: dots 4, 23456
> In ASCII @( and @)
>
> Mike
> -----Original Message-----
> From: liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeff Dittel
> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 12:05 PM
> To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Some Recent Concerns
>
>
> John,
>
> sorry about that. I accidentally took things off the list. BTW: I am
> using C++ in VC6.
>
> I finally got things so it seems to be working. I learned that if you want
> to call lbx_translateString once you can either call lbx_initialize once
> then lbx_translateString with mode = 1, or call lbx_translateString with
> mode = 0. If you want to call lbx_translateString multiple times, you need
> to call lbx_initialize once and then lbx_translateString multiple times with
> mode = 1. does that sound like what you would expect?
>
> Another question: I need to use square brackets ([), so I added the
> following line to math.sem:
>
> mfenced mfenced,open,[ ^[,^]
>
> This generates the following Braille for opening and closing square
> brackets:
>
> ^_( ^_)
>
> I just wanted to confirm this is correct Nemeth code.
>
> thanks for your help,
>
> Jeff
>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John J.
> Boyer
> Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2008 11:42 AM
> To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Some Recent Concerns
>
> Jeff,
>
> What are you getting when the software encounters a math element? The
> default math tables are actually set in canonical.cfg. They are for
> Nemeth.
>
> Sorry you've been having so many problems. We need better quality
> assurance to keep things like this from happening. I found some good
> resources.
>
> John
>
> On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 03:43:28PM -0500, Jeff Dittel wrote:
> >
> > John,
> >
> > that seemed to have fixed the problem. thanks.
> >
> > Did you change things such that default.cfg no longer translates to Nemeth
> > when a <math> node is encountered in an html document? Because, it is no
> > longer translating to Nemeth for me.
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John J.
> > Boyer
> > Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 7:11 PM
> > To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Some Recent Concerns
> >
> > Jeff,
> >
> > Bug is right. In the module readconfig.c go to line 808, which reads
> > configPath[++k] = 0; Remove the ++ . I haven't tested this yet, so I
> > hope it works.
> >
> > If you could produce Windows binaries that would be great!
> >
> > John
> >
> > On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 04:01:55PM -0500, Jeff Dittel wrote:
> > >
> > > John,
> > >
> > > Maybe some day I can help you with generating the Windows binaries. I
> > come
> > > across another problem. I am passing in the full path to
> lbx_initialize:
> > >
> > >
> c:\vcp\ct5000\development\ct5000\central\cd\braille\lbx_files\default.cfg
> > >
> > > and I noticed that when the path is added to ud->path_list there is a
> "\"
> > at
> > > the end of the string. Later in the code when the tables are attempted
> to
> > > be compiled there ends up being a double backslash just before the file
> > > name, so the file is unable to be found. I think this is a bug?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Jeff
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John J.
> > > Boyer
> > > Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 3:38 PM
> > > To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Some Recent Concerns
> > >
> > > Jeff,
> > >
> > > Thanks for the tips. I do want liblouis and liblouisxml to work with
> > > Windows, since this would greatly increase the number of people using
> > > it. I'm trying to get Windows binaries, but I have a tough time with the
>
> > > GUI intercace on Visual Studio.
> > >
> > > I fixed the underscore problem, but I'll have to track down the problem
> > > with xml_header.
> > >
> > > Hopefully, the function protypes are now adequate, so there will be no
> > > more changes.
> > >
> > > John
> > >
> > > On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 01:49:21PM -0500, Jeff Dittel wrote:
> > > >
> > > > John,
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for at least being aware of us Windows developers with this
> > > project.
> > > > I tracked down my path problem, and it was an issue with my code.
> but,
> > a
> > > > couple of things that have come up:
> > > >
> > > > * LibLOUISXML.c line 46 is missing the underscore in front of
> vsnprintf
> > > to
> > > > allow compilation in Windows
> > > > vsnprintf (buffer, sizeof (buffer - 4), msg, args);
> > > > I added it to my code. But, could you add it to the working code on
> > your
> > > > end, so it is there for the next release?
> > > > * I was trying to use the xml_header member variable of the UserData
> > > > structure and after one call to lbx_translateString the variable is
> > > cleared.
> > > > Is this supposed to happen?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Jeff
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > [mailto:liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John
> J.
> > > > Boyer
> > > > Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 12:12 PM
> > > > To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] Some Recent Concerns
> > > >
> > > > 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
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > John J. boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
> > > > JJB Software, Inc.
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> > > > Madison, WI USA
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> > > >
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> > > --
> > > John J. boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
> > > JJB Software, Inc.
> > > http://www.jjb-software.com
> > > Madison, WI USA
> > > Developing software for people with disabilities
> > >
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> >
> > --
> > 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
> >
> > 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
>
> 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
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