[duxuser] Re: computer braille
- From: "David P. Rosenfeld" <drosenfe@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <Lisette.Wesseling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 09:31:11 -0500
Hello, Lisette.
I don't know off hand what the British computer braille indicator is, but in
North American braille, the correct procedure is to have a particular
two-character braille indicator at the beginning of the web or e-mail address
and a different two character code at ehe end of it. The style that
accomplishes this is comp-inline. All it does is surround the text of the URL
or e-mail address with the appropriate codes. An address that overflows a line
isn't given a hyphen, because it might not be obvious whether or not the hyphen
was meant to be part of the address.
The comp-display does more than this. It is meant for use when listing
multiple lines of programming code and the like. It causes a line to be
skipped at the beginning (instead of the indicator), poetry mode with a runover
of 1 to be invoked, computer braille code to be turned on, and computer braille
word breaking at end of line (including a special line-end indicator) to be
implemented. The end of the style sets everything back to normal settings for
literary braille.
David Rosenfeld, City of Toronto
>>> Lisette.Wesseling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 11/27/02 01:30pm >>>
Hello all
Could somebody please explain what the difference is between compinline and
comp display? When I tried using the compinline style in the British Braille
template I got something which looks like British computer braille but with
dot 6 ing sign before and after. Are these indicators now standard?
And there was also a letter sign between the indicator and the first letter
of the email address. Why? The address was in lower case but would this
letter sign be necessary or should the absence of a capital sign be enough?
This would be my opinion.
And finally: DBT broke up the lines with no indication of hyphen or
suchlike. Would the comp display do this better?
Many thanks for any enlightenment.
Lisette
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