[BRLTTY] German users: no-break space and dot 7?

[Sebastian Humenda]

Hi Mario

Mario Lang schrieb am 05.12.2020, 21:27 +0100:
>Sebastian Humenda <shumenda at gmx.de> writes:
>
>> Mario Lang schrieb am 04.12.2020, 17:46 +0100:
>>>To all german users: I just noticed there is no mapping in de.ttb which
>>>maps to a sole dot 7.  Any objections to mapping non-breaking spaces to
>>>dot 7?
>>
>> Why would you like to show non-breaking spaces by default?
>
>Because sole dot 7 is not used for anything.  nbsp do carry a semantic
>meaning, i.e. they will inhibit editors to break between words using
[…]

Sure, but it's something related to typography in the wider sense. It should
be an option to enable for the screen reader or is the job of your editor to
show. I would not like to see it as a default.

>> They are not shown on the screen and I do not like the idea to do this
>> different in braille.  A non-breaking space is IMHO a typographic
>> matter and I would say that it should be made visible when needed.
>
>Which character would you map to sole dot 7 then?

Do we need to map it? I am not familiar with computer braille and whether
there are standards for this.


Cheers
Sebastian
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