[BRLTTY] Problem with fr_FR.ttb

Philippe Delavalade philippe.delavalade at orange.fr
Thu Jun 13 01:12:41 EDT 2013


Hi Samuel.

Le mercredi 12 juin à 15:59, Samuel Thibault a écrit :
> Hello,
> 
> Philippe Delavalade, le Wed 12 Jun 2013 15:05:13 +0200, a écrit :
> > I examined the file fr_FR.ttb and saw that the euro symbol (1   5  8)
> > was not given with \xA4 but with \u20AC ;
> 
> Yes, characters are always numbered in Unicode, not in the particular
> locale you are using.

OK but why does the fr8FR.ttb uses hexadecimal codes ?

> 
> > So I'm wondering if for the symbols giving '?', it would be better to
> > change the hexadecimal code in an utf8 one.
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > But I don't know those codes...
> 
> Which characters do you have problems with?
> 
> > For instace, I have problem with "ligatures oe and OE" ; I hope it's not too
> > unclear :-)
> 
> This isn't in the fr_FR table. oe and OE are \u0153 and \u0152,
> respectively.

That works fine with these codes.

> You can use the "unicode" tool to get information on
> characters.

What tool exactly ?

Thanks.

-- 
Ph. Delavalade


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