[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: back translation issue
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 09:34:32 -0500
This looks like a static variable in lou_translate.c is not being properly set
or reset. This was pointed out in a message some time ago.
John
On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 12:42:15PM +0000, Ken Perry wrote:
>
> Ok this is a strange one so please read carefully. I was working on some
> table changes to improve the en-us-g2.ctb and found a strange problem that
> probably should have been fixed already. If you try translating the
> following:
>
> A A
>
> It translates forward fine to a ,A but back translates to a a. This is
> using the en-us-g2.ctb. This was strange because all 25 other letters
> forward and back translate fine. So I decided to see if it worked in the
> en-us-g1.ctb. So I loaded up lou_allround and tried it None of the single
> letters worked when I did the low letter first and the cap letter second. .
> Now here comes the strange part. If how ever I got a successful back
> translation like I type bank and it back translates fine the next time I try
> to translate "a A" it works perfectly and so do all the rest of the letters.
> So to see what I mean do the following:
>
> Lou_allround
> T
> En-us-g1.ctb
> R
> A A
> B B
> Bank
> A A
>
>
> I have no idea why that does that and it probably has nothing to do with the
> original problem that a A is not working in en-us-g2.ctb I did a trace on
> that and it seems that a A is using a largesign rule which is not right. I
> hope someone tries the above and can help me figure out what is going on. I
> can also report that when I was using the en-us-g2.ctb with "a A" I tried
> doing it with lou_trace and it is using a largesign rule if I do it with "b
> B" it says that b is first a lower case and second an upper case and works
> perfectly. So it's just weird how the letter 'a' is working.
>
>
>
> ken
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