[quoted lines by John J. Boyer on 2020/08/21 at 09:06 -0500] >Speech screenreaders indicate indentation. Why not Braille?
Of course they can, but there's a reason why such a feature is more commonly available for speech, i.e. leading whitespace is both silent and uncountable. In braille, however, leading whitespace is both visible and countable. By the way: If brltty's autospeak feature is enabled then you can (sub)enable the speaking of a line's indentation. Note that, on most braille displays, it isn't necessary to separately count each leading space because it's common for there to be a feelable mark (usually) above or below each fifth cell. Note that there's always "room" to prepend a line with its indentation in speech, but, if the indent is small, there wouldn't necessarily be enough room at the start of a line in braille to display it. I can think of two ways to implement this feature in braille. One is to implement a new command which would briefly display the number of characters from the beginning of the current line to the location associated with a given routing key. This, of coruse, would require the defining of a model-dependent key combination. The other, if you're willing to sacrifice a few cells at the start or end of your display, would be to define a new status cell type which would display the current line's indentation. Note that, whether speech or braille, knowing the indentation of the current line can only work properly if line numbering is turned off. With line numbering turned on, the best any screen reader can do is tell you the indentation of the first digit of the line number. -- I believe the Bible to be the very Word of God: http://Mielke.cc/bible/ Dave Mielke | 2213 Fox Crescent | WebHome: http://Mielke.cc/ EMail: d...@mielke.cc | Ottawa, Ontario | Twitter: @Dave_Mielke Phone: +1 613 726 0014 | Canada K2A 1H7 | _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@brltty.app For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty