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+#LyX 1.6.2svn created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/
+\lyxformat 345
\begin_document
\begin_header
\textclass article
\renewenvironment{lyxgreyedout}
{\textcolor{blue}\bgroup}{\egroup}
\end_preamble
+\use_default_options false
\begin_modules
-Braille
+braille
\end_modules
\language english
\inputencoding utf8
\font_osf false
\font_sf_scale 100
\font_tt_scale 100
+
\graphics default
\paperfontsize default
\spacing single
\use_hyperref true
\pdf_title "How to write Braille with LyX"
\pdf_author "Uwe Stöhr"
-\pdf_bookmarks true
+\pdf_bookmarks false
\pdf_bookmarksnumbered false
\pdf_bookmarksopen false
\pdf_bookmarksopenlevel 1
\pdf_breaklinks false
-\pdf_pdfborder true
+\pdf_pdfborder false
\pdf_colorlinks true
\pdf_backref false
-\pdf_pagebackref false
-\pdf_pdfusetitle true
+\pdf_pdfusetitle false
+\pdf_quoted_options "pdfstartview=XYZ"
\papersize default
\use_geometry true
\use_amsmath 1
\begin_layout Author
Uwe Stöhr
-\newline
+\begin_inset Newline newline
+\end_inset
+
\begin_inset CommandInset href
LatexCommand href
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-First a general note: The Braille you can create with LaTeX is not a professiona
-l one! Professional Braille can be 6 or 8\InsetSpace \thinspace{}
-dot, while LaTeX only supports
- only 6\InsetSpace \thinspace{}
+First a general note: The Braille you can create with LaTeX is not complete!
+ Braille can have 6 or 8
+\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
+\end_inset
+
+dots, while LaTeX (and therefore LyX) only supports only 6
+\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
+\end_inset
+
dot Braille without accented characters.
\end_layout
\family default
in the document settings under
\family sans
-Document\InsetSpace ~
-Class
+Modules
\family default
.
Now select the environment
\family sans
-Braille\InsetSpace ~
+Braille
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
(default)
\family default
or
\family sans
-Braille\InsetSpace ~
+Braille
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
(textsize)
\family default
from the end of LyX's environment selection box and write your text.
\begin_layout Standard
with Latin letters:
-\newline
+\begin_inset Newline newline
+\end_inset
+
This is an example sentence written in Braille.
\end_layout
\begin_inset Note Greyedout
status open
-\begin_layout Standard
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
\series bold
Note:
\begin_inset Note Greyedout
status open
-\begin_layout Standard
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
\series bold
Note:
\begin_inset ERT
status collapsed
-\begin_layout Standard
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
LyX
\end_layout
\end_inset
is cool!
-\newline
+\begin_inset Newline newline
+\end_inset
+
Braille:
\end_layout
\begin_inset ERT
status collapsed
-\begin_layout Standard
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
LyX
\end_layout
\begin_inset VSpace bigskip
\end_inset
-Computer Braille that uses 8 dots can be turned on with the command
-\series bold
+Braille characters can alternatively be created by writing a number to a
+ Braille box.
+ A Braille box is inserted with the menu
+\family sans
+ Insert\SpecialChar \menuseparator
+Custom
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
-\backslash
-brailleeightdotstrue
-\series default
+insets
+\family default
.
- But the two extra dots are only used when they are accessed with the command
-
+ Every number that is in this box, turns on the corresponding Braille dot,
+ for example the number
\series bold
-
-\backslash
-braillebox
+ 6145
\series default
-.
- For example the command
-\newline
+ box leads to:
+\begin_inset Newline newline
+\end_inset
-\series bold
-\backslash
-braillebox{8175}
-\series default
+\begin_inset Flex Braillebox
+status open
-\newline
-leads to:
-\begin_inset ERT
-status collapsed
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+6145
+\end_layout
-\begin_layout Standard
+\end_inset
-\backslash
-brailleeightdotstrue
\end_layout
+\begin_layout Standard
+\begin_inset VSpace bigskip
\end_inset
+Computer Braille that uses 8
+\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
+\end_inset
+
+dots can be turned on with the command
+\series bold
+\backslash
+brailleeightdotstrue
+\series default
+.
+ But the two extra dots are only used when using a Braille box.
+ For example the number
+\series bold
+ 8175
+\series default
+ in a Braille box leads to:
+\begin_inset Newline newline
+\end_inset
+
+
\begin_inset ERT
status collapsed
-\begin_layout Standard
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
-braillebox{8175}
+brailleeightdotstrue
\end_layout
\end_inset
+
+\begin_inset Flex Braillebox
+status open
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+8175
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
\begin_inset ERT
status collapsed
-\begin_layout Standard
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
-brailleeightdotsfalse
+brailleeightdotsfalse
\end_layout
\end_inset
brailleunit
\series default
.
- Its default value is 2.4\InsetSpace \thinspace{}
+ Its default value is 2.4
+\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
+\end_inset
+
mm.
- To get e.\InsetSpace \thinspace{}
-g.\InsetSpace ~
-double-sized Braille where also the tiny dots have the double
- size, use this command in ERT in your document:
+ To get e.
+\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
+\end_inset
+
+g.
+\begin_inset space \space{}
+\end_inset
+
+double-sized Braille where also the tiny dots have the double size, use
+ this command in TeX code in your document:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
renewcommand{
\backslash
braillenormal}[1]
-\newline
-\InsetSpace ~
+\begin_inset Newline newline
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
{
\backslash
setlength{
\begin_inset ERT
status collapsed
-\begin_layout Standard
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
braillenormal}[1]
\end_layout
-\begin_layout Standard
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
{
\backslash
\begin_inset ERT
status collapsed
-\begin_layout Standard
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
braillenormal}[1]
\end_layout
-\begin_layout Standard
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
{
\backslash
\begin_inset CommandInset href
LatexCommand href
name "Braille cell dimensions"
-target "http://www.tiresias.org/publications/reports/braille_cell.htm"
+target "http://www.tiresias.org/research/reports/braille_cell.htm"
\end_inset