ahhh you are probably correct, I will check that out and see what happens -- Thanks so much for sticking with me.
Dave Mielke <d...@mielke.cc> wrote: > [quoted lines by cov...@ccs.covici.com on 2014/03/06 at 08:18 -0500] > > >I again dumped a file after typing all 8 dots, that is what I did. So I > >really don't know what is on the screen except a question mark, just > >what is in the files. > > Now that I know you're using hexdump to see what the characters are, I now > also > understand the 8BC3. Again, since Intel/AMD are little endian processors, > this > needs to be read as c38b, which is the UTF-8 encoding for 00CB, and that's an > uppercase E with a diaeresis accent. This should sound familiar as we've > already learned that the en-nabcc text table represents an uppercase E with a > diaeresis accent as all eight dots. I'm now assuming, therefore, that it's > the > uppercase E with a diaeresis accent that isn't in your currently selected > font. > > So everything is occurring as expected, including the presenting of a > question > mark on your braille device. Nothing has changed on your system, the relevant > code hasn't changed within brltty, and yet something has changed. I'm > convinced > that the answer has to be which text table was/is being used. > > If you don't specify the text table then the default is to autoselect it > based > on your system's locale. In your case, text table autoselection would result > in > the en_US text table. If autoselection fails then the built-in text table, > which is en-nabcc (unless you've explicitly configured it), is used. It's > also > reasonably predictable that, if you're explicitly specifying the text table, > then you'd pick either of these (en_US or en-nabcc). > > So I checked out the en_US text table. In that one, all eight dots is - you > guessed it - the section sign. So my current conclusion, which could be > wrong, > is that, while you're using the en-nabcc text table now, you were using the > en_US text table then. > > -- > Dave Mielke | 2213 Fox Crescent | The Bible is the very Word of God. > Phone: 1-613-726-0014 | Ottawa, Ontario | http://Mielke.cc/bible/ > EMail: d...@mielke.cc | Canada K2A 1H7 | http://FamilyRadio.com/ > _______________________________________________ > 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 -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici cov...@ccs.covici.com _______________________________________________ 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
