Hello, As reported in Debian:
From: Mika Hanhijärvi <[email protected]> > I did get a new braille display awhile ago. I have been testing it and I have > noticed that braille table for the Finnish language is broken. Reading text > works but It is impossible to write text in Finnish using the integrated > braille keyboard in the braille display. Writing text in Finnish language is > not possible because writing scandinavian letters (which are wery commonly > used > in Finnish language) does not work. The following scandinavian letters are > used > in Finnish language. Small letters: ä, ö, å. Capital letters: Ä, Ö, Å. > > It seems that the braille table for the Finnish language has many lines which > define some weird control characters. Those lines conflict with lines defining > scandinavian letters . If I remove those conflicting control character lines > then both reading and writing text in Finnish works correctly. > > I am a blind user from Finland so it is wery important for me that writing > text > in Finnish works. My native language is Finnish so I am really using braille > in > Finnish. > > The braille table for the Finnish language is in the file: > /etc/brltty/Text/fi.ttb > > First of all these lines define scandinavian letters used in the Finnish > language. These lines are correct and SHOULD NOT be changed: > > char \xC4 ( 345 7 ) # C4 ⡜ Ä [LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS] > char \xC5 (1 67 ) # C5 ⡡ Å [LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE] > char \xD6 ( 2 4 67 ) # D6 ⡪ Ö [LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS] > char \xE4 ( 345 ) # E4 ⠜ ä [LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS] > char \xE5 (1 6 ) # E5 ⠡ å [LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE] > char \xF6 ( 2 4 6 ) # F6 ⠪ ö [LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS] > > > The problem described in this bug report is caused by the following lines. > > This line is defined incorrectly and conflicts with the small letter "ä" ("ä" > in Finnish braille is dots: 3, 4, 5) : > > char \x84 ( 345 ) # 84 ⠜ [<control-0084>] > > > - This line conflicts with the small letter "Å" ("å" in Finnish braille is > dots: 1, 6) : > > char \x86 (1 6 ) # 86 ⠡ [START OF SELECTED AREA] > > > - This line conflicts with the capital letter "Ä" ("Ä" in Finnish braille is > dots: 3, 4, 5, 7) : > > char \x8E ( 345 7 ) # 8E ⡜ [SINGLE SHIFT TWO] > > > - This line conflicts with the capital letter "Å" ("Å" in Finnish braille is > dots: 1,6,7) : > > char \x8F (1 67 ) # 8F ⡡ [SINGLE SHIFT THREE] > > > - This line conflicts with the small letter "ö" ("ö" in Finnish braille is > dots: 2, 4, 6) : > > char \x94 ( 2 4 6 ) # 94 ⠪ [CANCEL CHARACTER] > > > - This line conflicts with the capital letter "Ö" ("Ö" in Finnish braille is > dots: 2, 4, 6, 7) : > > char \x99 ( 2 4 67 ) # 99 ⡪ [<control-0099>] > > > I really do not know for what and how those control characters are used, all I > know is that if those control character lines are not commented out then > writing text in the Finnish language is not possible. Those control character > lines should be commented out, removed or changed so that those do not > conflict > with any other line. > > I have compared the Finnish braille table with Swedish braille table because > Swedish is the second official language in finland. It seems that the Swedish > braille table does not define those control characters. > > The braille table for the Swedish language is in the file: > /etc/brltty/Text/sv-1996.ttb > > How to reproduce this bug: > > 1) select the Finnish language in the file: > /etc/brltty.conf > > Uncomment this line: > > text-table fi # Finnish > > 2) Restart brltty > 3) connect Braille display which has integrated Braille keyboard > 4) start e.g text editor > 5) Try to write these scandinavian letters using the integrated Braille > keyboard in the Braille display: > > - small letter ä )braille dots: 3, 4, 5) > - small letter ö (braille dots: 2, 4, 6) > - small letter å (braille dots: 1, 6) > - capital letter Ä (braille dots: 3, 4, 5, 7) > - capital letter Ö (braille dots: 2, 4, 6, 7) > - capital letter Å (braille dots: 1, 6, 7) _______________________________________________ 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.com/mailman/listinfo/brltty
