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[Linux for blind general discussion]

Braille doesn't use uppercase or lowercase in its text form. It uses the
comma, (,), as the computer braille dot 6, so actual acpitalization in
files isn't messed with, and it makes it easier since so many 8-dot reading
modes of braille displays show dots 7 and 8, of which dot 7 would be up if
the file was in upper-case.
Devin Prater
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On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 7:23 AM Linux for blind general discussion <
blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:

> Greetings!
>
> I don't know that I'd use the program, but I understand the usefulness of
> combining volumes and removing a lot of extra blank lines.  Why does the
> program convert uppercase to lowercase, though?  (I'd typically want to
> know
> what's capitalized and what's not in a book or magazine.)
>
> Al
>
>
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>
> Hello,
>
> I have developed a program which makes books from the BARD website of the
> National Library Service braille display friendly. It does the following:
>
> Combines all volumes into one file;
> Converts upper-case  to lower-case;
> Eliminates extra blanks at the ends of lines; Skips more than 1 blank line.
>
> The conversion program is written in C, so it should work oo Windows. The
> command line for it uses the Linux cat command. I don't know of anything
> equivalent on Windows.
>
> Happy and blessed Easter,
> John
>
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