[quoted lines by Aura Kelloniemi on 2019/09/21 at 10:23 +0300] >I would need to translate my text table into a contraction table completely, >because I need to enable the use of 'Six dots mode' in BRLTTY or the >contraction table is not used at all. My normal text table relies heavily on >use of dots 7 and 8, and thus enabling 'Six dots mode' makes almost all text >unreadable for me.
Six Dot mode indeed does mask out dots 7 and 8, but only if a contraction table isn't being used. A contraction table may specify dot 7 and/or dot 8, and they aren't masked out. >So my contraction table needs to hold an entry for every character that is >defined. Then if I occasionally need to use a system where multi-cell >representation is not desired (e.g. when reading columnated text or tables), I >need to use my old text table for that. This means that I would need to >maintain two translation tables. Maybe not. What if there were a mode for contraction tables that used the current text table as a fallback. In other words, if a character isn't defined within the contraction table then look it up within the text table. >If I use contraction table for everything, I also lose the possibility to use >brltty-ttb for editing the table, which has been quite convenient. Text table fallback would also allow you to continue doing that. -- I believe the Bible to be the very Word of God: http://Mielke.cc/bible/ Dave Mielke | 2213 Fox Crescent | WebHome: http://Mielke.cc/ EMail: [email protected] | Ottawa, Ontario | Twitter: @Dave_Mielke Phone: +1 613 726 0014 | Canada K2A 1H7 | _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty
