Re: brltty and simultaneous grade 2 translation

["John J. Boyer" <director@chpi.org>]

Dave,
Comments are a good idea. However, any character used as a comment indicator
will present problems, since it could be used in some language. Perhaps the
# could indicate a comment only if it is the very first character in a line
or of it follows the number, separated from it by a space or tab. If a
source string has # as its first character it can be indented a space or
two. That would mean that leading spaces on a line would be ignored.
John

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Mielke" <dave@mielke.cc>
To: <blinux-list@redhat.com>
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 15:16
Subject: Re: brltty and simultaneous grade 2 translation


> [quoted lines by John J. Boyer on November 26, 2001, at 14:12]
>
> >Since we want to accomodate many languages, I think it would be best to
put
> >each rule on a line by itself and to use a simple space between the parts
of
> >the rule.
>
> I think tabs will also need to be supported since some editors insert them
in
> spite of what their users might happen to prefer. :-)
>
> Any number (one or more) of tabs and spaces should be permitted between
each
> part. Blank lines should be skipped. Comments should be supported, and, to
be
> as familiar as possible to Unix users, the # character should initiate a
> comment.
>
> >As I see it, each rule would consist of a source string, a space,
> >the destination string, space, and a number that specifies whether the
> >source string is a whole word, should be translated only if it is in the
> >middle of a word, etc.
>
> This part I'll have to defer to the experts in the field.
>
> >If either the source or destination string includes a
> >space, we can arrange for an escape sequence. This would be necessary no
> >matter what separation character we used.
>
> Agreed. Unix people have a love/hate relationship with the backslash, so
it
> might as well be used.
>
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