[BRLTTY] 3925: Is contraction table selection messed up?

Lee Maschmeyer lee_maschmeyer at wayne.edu
Tue Sep 2 16:11:10 EDT 2008


Hi folks,

I just updated to 3925 and it seems that something is wrong with selecting a 
contraction table.

Note that I'm on Cygwin, so that might affect things. I'm using an Alva 
ABT340 display.

I first noticed the problem when I entered a misspelled contraction table 
name in /etc/brltty.conf. I used dots instead of hyphens; that is, 
"contraction-table en.us.g2". Brltty did not complain when it started, but 
it wouldn't go into contracted braille mode; just 6 dot mode.

When I corrected the spelling it does go into contracted mode but the 
placement of the tables on the routing buttons in the preferences menu is 
not right. The first routing button, though it works fine for moving the 
cursor, does not set the contraction table to <off>; instead it has no 
effect. <off> is now on the second button. En-us-g2 is now on the 6th 
instead of the 4th button.

At one point I thought the results of pressing the routing buttons were not 
consistent, but I might have been wrong or it might have been an artifact of 
the spelling error.

Does anybody else see these problems?

Thanks,

-- 

Lee Maschmeyer
Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan, USA




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