if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['font-imp-braille'] = {
    version   = 1.001,
    comment   = "companion to font-ini.mkiv",
    author    = "Hans Hagen, PRAGMA ADE",
    copyright = "ConTeXt Development Team",
    license   = "see context related readme files"
}

if not context then return end

-- require("char-brl.lmt")         -- we delay this one

-- we can omit spaces and tweak the math parameters instead

-- callback.register("math_rule", function(kind,font,width,height,attr)
--     return nodes.tonode(nodes.nuts.pool.rule(width,5*height,5*height))
-- end)

local braille = characters.braille -- so this one is nil

local braille_math_rule  do

    local nuts         = nodes.nuts
    local tonut        = nodes.tonut
    local tonode       = nodes.tonode
    local nodepool     = nuts.pool
    local setattrlist  = nuts.setattrlist
    local hpack        = nuts.hpack
 -- local getwhd       = nuts.getwhd
 -- local setwhd       = nuts.setwhd
 -- local setoffsets   = nuts.setoffsets
    local newmathglyph = nuts.newmathglyph
    local newleader    = nodepool.leader

    local braillerule

 -- function(kind,font,width,height,attr)
 --     return nodes.tonode(nodes.nuts.pool.rule(width,5*height,5*height))
 -- end

    braille_math_rule = function(kind,font,width,height,attr)
        if not braillerule then
            braillerule = braille.special("rule")
        end
        local attlst = tonut(attr)
        local glyph  = newmathglyph(font,braillerule,attlst)
        local box    = hpack(glyph)
        --
     -- local w, h, d = getwhd(box)
     -- local t = (h + d) / 2
     -- setwhd(box,w,t,t)
     -- setoffsets(glyph,0,-t) -- setting the offset of the box messes up (visual) things
        --
        local leader = newleader(width,box)
        local result = hpack(leader,width,"exactly")
        setattrlist(leader,attlst)
        return tonode(result)
    end

end

local setmetatableindex = table.setmetatableindex

local cache = table.setmetatableindex(function(t,w)
    local v =  table.setmetatableindex(function(t,u)
        local v = { "offset", w, 0, u }
        t[u] = v
        return v
    end)
    t[w] = v
    return v
end)

local function initialize(tfmdata,value)
    if value then
        if not braille then
            require("char-brl.lmt")
            braille = characters.braille
        end
        callback.register("math_rule", braille_math_rule)
        local characters = tfmdata.characters
        local numberdata = characters[braille.special("number")]
        if numberdata then
            local ismath  = value ~= "text" and (value == "math" or tfmdata.mathparameters)
            local list    = ismath and braille.mathlist()  or braille.textlist()
            local unicode = ismath and braille.mathunicode or braille.textunicode
            local width   = numberdata.width
            local height  = numberdata.height
            local depth   = numberdata.depth
            for i=1,#list do
                local u = list[i]
                local t = unicode(u)
                local d = characters[u]
                local w = 0
                local c = { }
                local n = #t
                for i=1,n do
                    local ub = t[i]
                    local db = characters[ub]
                    if db then
                        c[i] = cache[w][ub]
                        w = w + width
                    end
                end
                if d then
                    d.width    = n * width
                    d.height   = height
                    d.depth    = depth
                    d.commands = c
                    d.smaller  = nil
                else
                    characters[u] = {
                        width    = n * width,
                        height   = height,
                        depth    = depth,
                        commands = c,
                        unicode  = u,
                    }
                end
            end
            characters[0xAD] = characters[45]
        end
    end
end

local specification = {
    name        = "braille",
    description = "braille",
    manipulators = {
        base = initialize,
        node = initialize,
    }
}

fonts.handlers.otf.features.register(specification)