[quoted lines by Aura Kelloniemi on 2022/02/01 at 23:22 +0200] >What do you mean by "corresponding?" Do you mean that Linux should add padding >to a nearest narrow character.
I meant on the lines above/below the wide character at the same column. >What if a line contains only wide characters? Then I'd think that there'd be no need for padding. > > My opinion is that there should be a common shared memory rendering of the > > screen content. Then other platforms, e.g. Chrome OS, could also benefit. > >I don't know how that would work permission-wise. Group acess to tty, i.e. same as is used for the vcs devices now. >I have planned to suggest that brlapi provided a simple interface through >which terminal emulators could provide screen content to BRLTTY and accept >input events from BRLTTY. Terminal emulators could then load brlapi with >dlopen so that that the brlapi dependency would remain optional (which is >probably important for distribution packagers). My positiion is that it needs to be as easy as possible so that other apps will actually use it. I favour a shared memory approach because that's general, i.e. not braille-specific. >Does this mean that chinise braille is implemented using Contracted braille in >BRLTTY? Yes. >If so, then standard braille glyph width of 1 cell holds as long as >contraction is disabled. No, because computer braille isn't typically defined for such languages. The very nature of the braille requires a contraction table approach. >But there are other options too – like padding at the >next word boundary (it works often in tables, but not always). Cells often contain more than one word. To me, it's impossible to get it right without actually knowing where a column starts. -- 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
