Dave Mielke writes: >Yes, you're correct. You may wish to try en-nabcc (rather than brf) to see how >well it works. Though BRF doesn't formally define any characters that use dot >8, as well as many that use dot 7, definitions for them are included within >brltty's en-nabcc text table. There's only one exception - the no-breaking >space - which we could easily add. That does indeed produce characters which correspond to the correct dot patterns in the text_nabcc.dis display table, so far so good ... >I do need to ask you what you're trying to do because such tables may actually >be not what you want. Why is it that Unicode braille patterns aren't adequate? >Are you, perhaps, wanting to write to some particular braille printer? Yes, in this case an ancient Braille Blazer. It's ancient enough I can't find documentation on its 8-dot display table. Also, IOS 26 has introduced a new cluster of applications under the Braille Access rubric. This includes a nice feature for reading files on a braille device with reasonable workflows for getting them there from my Linux laptop. Alas it doesn't understand unicode braile so I was curious to try 8-dot brf. Failed on both counts. >There are issues that need to be considered. For example, such tables don't >treat a newline as a newline. Also, for writing to a braille printer, what you >actually would need is a table that precisely matches what the device itself >is expecting. And alas the BB isn't expecting 8-dot brf. Worth a try to avoid buying a new embosser for the task. thanks again Peter
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