[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Trying to reproduce the letter, etc. bug

  • From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:46:59 -0500

What do you mean by the operations being symmetric? The 
letterDefTest.ctb table causes problems when I try to use it. This is 
another bug that I'm looking for. My usual procedure is to step through 
the code by running lou_allround inside gdb. 

Thanks,
John

On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 04:30:26PM +0100, Mesar Hameed wrote:
> Hi John,
> 
> There is no need to complicate matters with hard to type characters.
> letterDefTest.ctb should provide you with all the required information.
> 
> lou_allround will not be able to find this bug because the operations 
> are symmetric, the only way I can see is to step through the code with 
> the given definitions and see how they are processed.
> 
> Thanks.
> Mesar
> On Tue 27/03/12,10:17, John J. Boyer wrote:
> > Dipendra,
> > 
> > I can enter the lines you suggested into the table, but I don't have a 
> > way to enter a something to test it. Doesn't it require a special 
> > keyboard? lou_allround can be enhanced to accept Unicode entries, but 
> > that would take a little time. It would be better to have the testing 
> > done by a native speaker of the language who understands liblouis tables 
> > and can use the lou_allround program. That should be easy, since it is 
> > interactive and explains how to use itself.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > John
> > 
> > On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 07:39:27AM +0530, Dipendra Manocha wrote:
> > > Hello John
> > > 
> > > Can you test with following lines in the table?
> > > 
> > > letter \X0915 13 
> > > letter \X094D 4
> > > always \X0915\X094D 4-13 
> > > 
> > > See if this works well or it has problem.
> > > 
> > > Thanks
> > > Dipendra
> > > 
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John J.
> > > Boyer
> > > Sent: 27 March 2012 04:38
> > > To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] Trying to reproduce the letter, etc. bug
> > > 
> > > As mentioned in a previous message, I use the program lou_allround for
> > > testing tables in depth. This program is part of the liblouis suite on 
> > > Linux
> > > and mac. It is an interactive program that enables the tester to devise 
> > > new
> > > tests based on previous results. I have made up the following simple table
> > > to check whether the always opcode works with the letter opcode, and I 
> > > find
> > > no problem.
> > > 
> > > letter a 1
> > > letter b 12
> > > always ab 12-1
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --
> > > John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc.
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> > > Madison, Wisconsin USA
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> > > 
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> > 
> > -- 
> > John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
> > Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> > http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> > Madison, Wisconsin USA
> > Developing software for people with disabilities
> > 
> > For a description of the software, to download it and links to
> > project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> For a description of the software, to download it and links to
> project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com

-- 
John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities

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