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Switch to new UEB tables #4194

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nvaccessAuto opened this issue Jun 13, 2014 · 5 comments
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Switch to new UEB tables #4194

nvaccessAuto opened this issue Jun 13, 2014 · 5 comments
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Reported by jteh on 2014-06-13 05:52
NVDA is still using the old UEBC-* tables instead of the newer en-ueb-* tables. Originally, we didn't switch to the new tables because of some serious regressions such as computer braille being used for URLs. However, this was quite some time ago and these issues are very likely fixed now. The computer braille issue certainly is. Furthermore, the old tables are no longer being maintained at all. We should switch to the new tables (at least on next) and get any remaining regressions fixed in liblouis.
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Comment 1 by nvdakor on 2014-06-13 10:41
Hi,
I hope our work would not be in vain...
For table names, should we keep using the current names for UEB tables, or should we use a different scheme like English (Unified) Grade 1/2? I personally propose the latter for consistency. Translators can copy the old translation to the new table entries.

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Comment 2 by jteh (in reply to comment 1) on 2014-12-02 04:22
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I hope our work would not be in vain...

Joseph, Mesar, do you know the current status of this work? Do you think they're ready for wide spread use?

For table names, should we keep using the current names for UEB tables, or should we use a different scheme like English (Unified) Grade 1/2?

I understand the thinking here, but my problem with this is that the code is actually called Unified English Braille Code and that's how it's known to the public. You could argue that other codes have official names as well, but in those cases, there is normally only one code specific to that country, so most people don't care about the official name.

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Comment 3 by nvdakor (in reply to comment 2) on 2014-12-02 06:04
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Replying to nvdakor:

I hope our work would not be in vain...

Joseph, Mesar, do you know the current status of this work? Do you think they're ready for wide spread use?

I'd say so - at least for grade 1. Ken Perry is working on grade 2 (last time I heard), and we had talks about how to implement cap section rule (dots 6-6-6).

For table names, should we keep using the current names for UEB tables, or should we use a different scheme like English (Unified) Grade 1/2?

I understand the thinking here, but my problem with this is that the code is actually called Unified English Braille Code and that's how it's known to the public. You could argue that other codes have official names as well, but in those cases, there is normally only one code specific to that country, so most people don't care about the official name.

Got it. Let's see what UEB devs say on LibLouis list.
Thanks.

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Comment 4 by nvdakor on 2014-12-02 18:09
Hi,
Ken Perry wrote to me saying the new UEB tables are not ready for primetime. He mentions a few issues, namely some weird contraction issues when forward translating and math isn't working in UEB.
Thanks.

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Hi,

To be combined with #6109 (keeping the old names, linking to new file names). Thanks.

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LibLouis 3/UEB support: Link UEB table names to new file names re nva…
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As the old uebc-g* tables are no longer maintained, it was decided to use the new en-ueb-g* set. Not only this makes the file names more consistent, it allows exciting changes to be included as part of LibLouis 3.0.0.
For string compatibility with old NVDA releases, table name presented to users will still be named Unified English Braille Code grade 1/2, with braille table name entries now mapped under en-ueb-g*.
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LibLouis 3/UEB support: correct name for UEB grade 1 table. re nvacce…
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Incubates #6110. Re issues #6109, #4194, #6220, #6140.
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Updated liblouis braille translator to 3.0.0. This includes significa…
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…nt enhancements to Unified English Braille. (#6109, #4194, #6220, #6140)

As there were quite a few changes to table file names required for this version of liblouis, this also includes code to migrate old table file names to new ones.
PR #6110.
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