Dave Mielke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [quoted lines by Hermann on 2008/08/08 at 11:07 +0200] > [...] >>> On first sight, this looks wrong. Given that we have 2^8 possible >>> chars and 2^8 possible dot-patterns, we shouldn't reuse the >>> same dot pattern for two different characters. >>You are right, and I think my suggestion is a solution. > > Well ... it was to use dots 13678 which also maps to CTRL-U. Should we take > this opportunity to first resolve that conflict? Note that it only really > matters for those who do keyboard input from their braille displays.
This is not the only ambiguity, by the way. We have char \xA7 (12345678) # A7 ⣿ § [SECTION SIGN] char \xB6 (12345678) # B6 ⣿ ¶ [PILCROW SIGN] char \xDB (12345678) # DB ⣿ Û [LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH CIRCUMFLEX] on the other hand, the dot patterns (1 3456 8) and ( 2 456 8) are not in use. Regards, Elias _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@mielke.cc For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty
