[BRLTTY] translation and contraction table question

[Dave Mielke]

[quoted lines by Scott Haeger on 2006/11/22 at 12:48 -0500]

>1.  I am trying to get a better understanding of how to use the 
>translation and contraction table, but I am not having much success.  
>Here is my setup:
>
>Brltty is latest from svn and built with default settings.
>Python bindings to brlapi with the XWindows braille display. 
>Start brltty with brltty -b xw -x no -e -n -l 7 -c en-us-g2.ctb  (for 
>contraction)
>Use script to writeText("altogether") expecting to see "alt" displayed.  
>However, "altogether" is displayed.

The default is for 8-dot braille to be used. You need to switch to 6-dot
braille in order to enable contracted braille. It looks like the XWindow driver
doesn't have a button for this.

>2.  Similar question 1 involving translation table.  I would expect to 
>see different pin combinations for some characters. 

That depends on which text table you're using. What's an example of what you
expect versus what actually happens?

>3.  What is the best way to change the cursor shape?

It can be either dots 78 (underline) or dots 12345678 (block). This selection
is made via the Cursor Style item in the preferences menu.

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