1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/bbrll b/bbrll
index 5f3324f..13fd5f7 100755
--- a/bbrll
+++ b/bbrll
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ function print_sin_braille() {
 #6 7
 #reverse 
 #(1,3)(0,3)(1,2)(1,1)(1,0)(0,2)(0,1)(0,0)
-	num=0
+	#the braille empty char in decimal base
+	num=14852224
 	if [ "${rawbuff[((0+4*$2))]:((0+2*$1)):1}" == "1" ]; then
 		num=$(($num + 1))
 	fi
@@ -81,8 +82,7 @@ function print_sin_braille() {
 	#ors it with the utf-8 hex value of the empty braille character
 	#the two spaces assume aht the encoding is utf-8, convoluted bitwise OR
 	#and coversion between character and number stuff
-	#echo "obase=16;$(( 2#$b7${b6}00$b5$b4$b3$b2$b1$b0 | 0xE2A080 ))"|bc | xxd --reverse -ps
-	echo "obase=16;$(( $num | 0xE2A080 ))"|bc | xxd --reverse -ps
+	printf %x $num | xxd --reverse -ps
 }
 
 function print_braille() {