[BRLTTY] Contraction table in German does not work

Hermann meinelisten at onlinehome.de
Thu Nov 27 11:30:26 EST 2008


On 27.11.2008 at 14:58:05 Dave Mielke <dave at mielke.cc> wrote:
[...]
>>I see all 3 tables, but no matter which one I choose, I don't see any
>>difference; 
>
> You need to turn on six-dot braille for the contraction table to take effect. 
> That's how you switch between contracted and computer braille.
>
Thanks a lot, that was it. I use to set up Brltty with 8-dot-style.

>>it shows the de.ttb table as before.
>
> Either remove the old table by hand or do a "make uninstall" before doing the 
> "make install". Doing "make install" doesn't remove obsolete files.
>
I will correct it with the next update.
Do I have to edit my brltty.conf in order to remove any entries for the
obsolete table?
Hermann


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