Link to issue number:

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Summary of the issue:

You can currently load a gesture map from a file or a dictionary, but you can only save it as a file, i.e. you can't go from gesture map to the flattened dictionary format.

Description of user facing changes

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Description of development approach

SPlit out the save function into another function called export. The save function uses the export function internally. This can also be used for unit testing the code as demonstrated. Furthermore, it is useful for braille display driver authors to develop a gesture map in the user gesture map, then export it from the python console to include it in their driver in the proper format.

Testing strategy:

Tested manually that exporting the gesture map and then importing it again results in the same map.

Known issues with pull request:

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Change log entries:

For Developers

• You can now call the export method on a gesture map to export it to a dictionary. This dictionary can be imported in another gesture either by passing it to the constructor of GlobalGestureMap or by passing it to the update method on an existing map.

Code Review Checklist:

• Pull Request description:
  • description is up to date
  • change log entries
• Testing:
  • Unit tests
  • System (end to end) tests
  • Manual testing
• API is compatible with existing add-ons.
• Documentation:
  • User Documentation
  • Developer / Technical Documentation
  • Context sensitive help for GUI changes
• UX of all users considered:
  • Speech
  • Braille
  • Low Vision
  • Different web browsers
  • Localization in other languages / culture than English
• Security precautions taken.