[quoted lines by Shérab on 2019/09/28 at 18:32 +0200] >For me the issue would be more about realising that, for instance, >\alpha is actually just one character. For instance I can imagine myself >very well wanting to delete that all word and pressing backspace several >times automatically when one press is enough to get rid of it.
If it's a single character on the screen then one backspace will delete it even if the contracted braille representation occupies multiple cells. >The other issue I can see is the loss of vertical alignment. For >instance, imagine one has: > >\alhpa = 1 >\beta = 2 > >but with the unicode representations. Then visually the equal signs are >aligned, which they won't be with our textual representaitons. This, I believe, is exactly why Aura would like to be able to turn off contracted braille and still have all eight dots. The way I do it for other alphabets (French, German, Greek, Hebrew) is to add dot 8 to the computer braille representations for the special symbols. For example, I represent a Greek alpha as dots 18, and a French e with an acute accent as dots 1234568. And, if you're wondering, yes I add dot 7 for uppercase as well. -- 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
