Yep, that did it, thanks so much. cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote:
> 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 -- 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
