[BRLTTY] Is it possible to set a braille text table from brlapi?

[Michael Whapples]

On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 22:30 +0000, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Michael Whapples, le Wed 12 Dec 2007 22:02:03 +0000, a écrit :
> > I would like to know if it is possible to set a braille text table (the
> > table to define dot patterns for characters) from an apllication using
> > brlapi.
> 
> Not yet, but that's on the TODO list. However, in your case, see below.
> 
> > If not, is there any way I can always get reliable output?
> 
> You can directly use writeDots(), or write() with a unicode string that
> contains braille patterns (U+28xy).
> I have just tried making a function to get a suitable string for writeDots and I think I might go with this. Out of interest what actually uses the unicode braille patterns? Obviously brltty does, does any other software (including anything which would help me get my translator to output to an embosser)? Also would the unicode braille patterns be a good way for me to have the dots visible on screen to sighted people?

Thanks 
Michael Whapples

> Samuel
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