What happens when you use this method but don't include a word for the
punctuation mark in the JFW dictionary manager? Will it ignore individual
definable punctuation marks then?
Jeff
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Date: Friday, January 01, 1999 3:16 PM
Subject: Punctuation Exceptions with JFW.
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>Having gotten spoiled with the ASAP & ASAW Punctuation Exception feature, I
>found I was missing that more and more with JFW--it's features would either
>give too much, or not enough punctuation, depending on what I needed to
hear
>and what I didn't in any given application.
>I've found a means of having punctuation exceptions with JFW, to some
>extent, and thought it might be useful to other ASAP users using JFW.
>When wanting to change how JFW announces some punctuation characters, I
>found that by specifying the desired word for each punctuation character
>within the JFW Dictionary file, default.jdf, I could bypass the defaults.
>For example, adding
>,.,dot,
>to the jdf file would have JFW say "dot" for a period character; or using
>.!.bang.
>would have JFW say "bang" instead of "exclaim", and the really annoying
>"apostrophe could be made to sound "tic".
>While this is just a matter of personal preference, it is neat to have the
>option available.
>The drawback to this method is that the punctuation you specify in the jdf
>file is totally ignored by the JFW punctuation settings of None, Some,
Most,
>and All. In other words, as far as JFW is concerned, it is no longer a
>punctuation character, but rather a word!
>Back to the drawing board...
>With JFW processing the dictionary file like that, it is basically doing
>what you asked it to do. Now, to create an Punctuation exception function
>in JFW...
>One of the neat features of JFW is it's ability to load individual
>dictionary files in each application. Which this capability, it is rather
>easy to turn punctuation to "None" within an application, then, while in
>that application, hit the Insert+D to load it's dictionary file.
>Now, just add the punctuation you want to hear when running this particular
>program; you don't need to give them any special phony, if you like them
>the way they are by default. For example,
>.%.percent.
>,.,period,
>.!.exclaim.
>.'.apostrophe.
>.#.number.
>./.slash.
>.;.semi.
>.$.dollar.
>[email protected].
>.&.and.
>
>will announce them with their default phony, and with punctuation set to
>None!
>A good example where this is useful is in E-Mail and News groups; I prefer
>only to hear a couple of punctuation characters while reading text like
>that.
>
>One thing I'm not sure about is can a jdf file be set to act on a specific
>class? For example, if I want no punctuation in List boxes or Combo boxes,
>but did want it in Edit boxes and Dialog boxes? Maybe one of the list's
>Gurus can jump in hear?
>
>Thanks,
>Dennis Brown
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