Great job -- just wanted to thank you for a great program. I saw a window-eyes directory, but there is no window-eyesoption for brltty -- is this obsolete?
Dave Mielke <d...@mielke.cc> wrote: > Version 5.3 of BRLTTY has been released. You can get it by doing the > following: > > Go to: http://brltty.com/ > Click on: Download > Click on: Current Release > > Here's a summary of the major things that have happened to BRLTTY since 5.2: > > General fixes: > The missing key event (stuck key) problem has been resolved. > The braille display is now initialized when the -q (--quiet) option is > used. > Playing alert tunes has been moved to a dedicated thread. > PCM (sound card) tone generation is now way more efficient. > Program-relative paths are no longer used for relative paths specified via > command line options or configuration file directives. > Explicit paths for tables no longer consider the tables directory path. > The -U (--updatable-directory) option has been added (it used to be > hard-coded to /var/lib/brltty/). > Braille driver parameters may be specified via the fourth boot parameter > (use + to separate them). > The speech FIFO on Linux has been moved to the writable directory (see -W - > the default is /var/run/brltty/). > The Console Bell Alert preference has been added - when enabled, and with > the tune device set to PCM, the console bell can be heard even if the PC > speaker either doesn't exist or isn't supported. > New and changed commands: > The toLeft modifier can be applied to any vertical motion command. > The AltGr (Right Alt) and GUI (Windows) keys are supported. > The PRPGRPH (go to previous paragraph) command navigates to the first line > of the current paragraph (or, if already on it, to the first line of the > previous paragraph) rather than to the last line of the previous > paragraph. > The space bar is a real space (rather than a braille character with no > dots) > when the keyboard is in Unicode braille input mode. > Disabling the braille keyboard now disables all braille input commands. > New commands that always skip forward/backward to a nonblank braille > window: > NXNBWIN, PRNBWIN > Sticky modifier command improvements: > Cycle through next,on,off (rather than just on,off) - next means just > for > the next typed character, and times out after five seconds. > New commands to start/stop the braille,speech,screen drivers: > BRL_START, BRL_STOP, SPK_START, SPK_STOP, SCR_START, SCR_STOP > New commands for attaching to a specific (not necessarily current) console: > SELECT, SELECT_NEXT, SELECT_PREV > Albatross braille driver changes: > Detection of no pending input has been improved. > Recognizing a failed autodetection probe has been improved. > Alva braille driver changes: > Establishing a Bluetooth connection is now supported for more models. > Baum braille driver changes: > The standard braille keyboard chords are supported. > The Refreshabraille has an improved key table. > The Conny has an improved key table. > The 12-cell Vario/BrailleConnect now uses the Conny key table. > The protocols= parameter has been renamed to protocol= and accepts a > specific protocol name (default, escape, hid1, hid2, ht, pb). > Support for the following models has been added: > VarioUltra, Pronto!, Brailliant2, SuperVario2, HID Refreshabraille 18 > BrailleMemo braille driver changes: > Model autodetection has been improved. > FreedomScientific braille driver changes: > The key tables for newer models use the newer key names: > The wheels are called Nav keys. > The GDF keys are called Selector keys. > HandyTech braille driver changes: > Touch-based navigation has been implemented for the following models: > Modular Evolution, Active Braille, Active Star > HIMS braille driver changes: > Function keys can be emulated by pressing space with a routing key. > The Braille Sense U2 is recognized. > The Braille Edge scroll keys are now mapped correctly. > HumanWare braille driver changes: > Bindings for adding Alt, Control, or both to a function key have been > added. > MDV braille driver changes: > The bindings are now defined within key tables. > Support for the following models has been added: > Lilli Blu, MB248, MB408+ > Papenmeier braille driver changes: > The status key bindings have been standardized across the various models. > Minor changes to the front key bindings (for models with 13). > XT keyboard support has been fixed. > XWindow braille driver changes: > Support for the Unicode braille characters has been added. > AtSpi2 screen driver changes: > The widget with focus on startup is determined correctly. > The currently focused widget is cached for efficiency. > The screen size is implicitly increased based on the cursor's location. > The release= (yes, no) parameter has been added. > Linux screen driver changes: > VGA foreground and background colours are now reported correctly. > A font change now triggers a braille display update. > The VT= (number) parameter has been added - 0 means the current console. > Systemd is no longer blocked from starting a login session on an unused > tty. > Screen screen driver changes: > ASCII control characters can now be entered. > BrlAPI changes: > The version is now 0.6.4 (it was 0.6.3). > Cursor blinking finally works again. > The braille display is refreshed whenever it comes back online if the > client > has focus. > Language profile support fixes: > The language profile can now be changed when there's no braille device. > The braille device and keyboard key table help texts are regenerated > according to the new localization when the language profile is changed. > Text table changes: > The en_CA (English Canada) text table has been updated. > The fr-vs (VisioBraille) text table has been updated. > The alias directive has been added. > Support for the variable and conditional directives has been added. > The -u (--undefined) option has been added to brltty-ttb - it reports > the characters in the current screen font that aren't yet defined in the > text table. > brltty-ttb can write C preprocessor format (cpp) tables. > Contraction table changes: > The Unicode braille characters are now handled internally. > The en-us-g2 (grade 2 US English) contraction table has been updated. > The zh-tw (Taiwan Chinese) contraction table has been updated. > Key table changes: > Major chords key subtable changes: > Tab is now Space+Dots45 (it was Space+Dots2356). > Backspace is now just Dot7, and Enter is now just Dot8. > Add Space to get just dot 7 or just dot 8. > Unchorded bindings have been added for navigating the preferences menu: > Dot1: go to the previous item > Dot4: go to the next item > Dot2: go to the first item > Dot5: go to the last item > Dot3: select the previous setting for the current item > Dot6: select the next setting for the current item > Dot7: go back one level > Dot8: exit the menu > Minor changes to the keypad keyboard table. > The assignDefault directive has been added. > The -r (--reStructuredText) option has been added to brltty-ktb - it causes > the help text to be formatted as reStructuredText. > The help text has been improved: > Related bindings have been organized into functional groups. > Each of these groups has a descriptive header. > Variants of the same binding are listed together. > The bindings for Help and Learn are intentionally listed at the top. > Java bindings fixes: > The JDK hierarchy is located even when symbolic links point to it. > The subdirectory containing machine-dependent JNI definitions is included. > Android updates: > F9 goes to the Global Actions (Power Off) dialog (Lollipop and later). > F10 is the Menu key. > The braille display stays in the active window (new problem as of > Lollipop). > The order in which screen elements are rendered is more intuitive. > Czech translations have been added. > Finnish translations have been added. > Windows updates: > Support for the Unicode braille characters has been added. > brltty-tune (formerly tunetest) changes: > The tune syntax has been completely changed. > Tunes can be read from files. > Build changes: > The autoconf dependency has been updated to 2.64 (from 2.53). > The ktbtest command has been renamed to brltty-ktb. > The tunetest command has been renamed to brltty-tune. > The brltty-atb, brltty-ktb, and brltty-tune commands are installed. > Key table help text is rendered in HTML (as well as in plain text). > Systemd service ready notification (via type=notify) is supported. > mkwin command updates: > The -C (Cygwin root directory) option has been added. > A safe, relative path to the configure script can now be used. > > -- > Dave Mielke | 2213 Fox Crescent | The Bible is the very Word of God. > Phone: 1-613-726-0014 | Ottawa, Ontario | http://Mielke.cc/bible/ > EMail: d...@mielke.cc | Canada K2A 1H7 | http://FamilyRadio.org/ > _______________________________________________ > This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. > To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@mielke.cc > For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty > -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici cov...@ccs.covici.com _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@mielke.cc For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty
