Re: [BRLTTY] braille note - checking vc number

2008-04-24 Thread Daniel Dalton
On Wed, 23 Apr 2008, Hermann wrote: > See the file /etc/brltty/brltty-bn.hlp > You can filter the text by typing: > strings brltty-bn.hlp |less > or redirect it to a file. > Note: This command prints the text completely unformated, so be prepared > of some inconvenience. OK, but does help-cmd.txt

Re: [BRLTTY] braille note - checking vc number

2008-04-24 Thread Dave Mielke
[quoted lines by Daniel Dalton on 2008/04/24 at 18:13 +1000] >OK, but does help-cmd.txt and help-keys.txt contain all this info anyway? Yes. -- Dave Mielke | 2213 Fox Crescent | I believe that the Bible is the Phone: 1-613-726-0014 | Ottawa, Ontario | Word of God. Please contact me

[BRLTTY] List configuration change.

2008-04-24 Thread Informal discussion between users and developers of BRLTTY.
It's been repoted to me that certain posts have, on occasion, failed to reach certain users. In an attempt to resolve this problem I've reluctantly made a configuration change to the list. The "From:" line in the message header now contains the list address rather than the poster's address. We'l

Re: [BRLTTY] List configuration change.

2008-04-24 Thread Informal discussion between users and developers of BRLTTY.
Informal discussion between users and developers of BRLTTY., le Thu 24 Apr 2008 11:40:45 -0400, a écrit : > The "From:" line in the message header now > contains the list address rather than the poster's address. Hum, not very convenient. Would it be possible to at least have the original name?

Re: [BRLTTY] List configuration change.

2008-04-24 Thread Informal discussion between users and developers of BRLTTY.
"Informal discussion between users and developers of BRLTTY." wrote: > It's been repoted to me that certain posts have, on occasion, failed > to reach certain users. In an attempt to resolve this problem I've > reluctantly made a configuration change to the list. The "From:" line > in the message

[BRLTTY] test #2

2008-04-24 Thread Dave Mielke
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Re: [BRLTTY] List configuration change.

2008-04-24 Thread Dave Mielke
>Maybe we do, but I hope you won't mind to explain in a little bit more >detail why this change is actually necessary since I really am >dissatisfied with this configuration. Calm down! I'm no less dissatisfied than you are, and am trying very hard to get things to work right. No need to get upse

Re: [BRLTTY] List configuration change.

2008-04-24 Thread Elias Oltmanns
Dave Mielke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>Maybe we do, but I hope you won't mind to explain in a little bit more >>detail why this change is actually necessary since I really am >>dissatisfied with this configuration. > > Calm down! I'm no less dissatisfied than you are, and am trying very hard to

Re: [BRLTTY] List configuration change.

2008-04-24 Thread Dave Mielke
I was asked: >I hope you won't mind to explain in a little bit more detail why this change >is actually necessary Since I'm fearless, and try to give good answers to all questions no matter what the topic, I'll answer this one too. Yes, I actually do mind giving the details. I'm having to work

Re: [BRLTTY] List configuration change.

2008-04-24 Thread Dave Mielke
[quoted lines by Elias Oltmanns on 2008/04/24 at 19:32 +0200] >Sorry, this wasn't meant to be an insult. All I wanted was to make it >quite clear (not just to you but perhaps even more so to those who ask >for such a change) that this is an unconventional way to resolve the >matter. No one asked

Re: [BRLTTY] List configuration change.

2008-04-24 Thread Elias Oltmanns
Dave Mielke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was asked: > >>I hope you won't mind to explain in a little bit more detail why this change >>is actually necessary > > Since I'm fearless, and try to give good answers to all questions no matter > what the topic, I'll answer this one too. > > Yes, I act

Re: [BRLTTY] List configuration change.

2008-04-24 Thread Jan and Bertil Smark Nilsson
On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 06:42:53PM +0200, Informal discussion between users and developers of BRLTTY. wrote: > "Informal discussion between users and developers of BRLTTY." > wrote: > > It's been repoted to me that certain posts have, on occasion, failed > > to reach certain users. In an attempt

Re: [BRLTTY] braille note - checking vc number

2008-04-24 Thread Daniel Dalton
On Thu, 24 Apr 2008, Dave Mielke wrote: > [quoted lines by Daniel Dalton on 2008/04/24 at 18:13 +1000] > >> OK, but does help-cmd.txt and help-keys.txt contain all this info anyway? > > Yes. I don't see it there. Is there a section on how to find the vc number in that file? Or does the braille no

Re: [BRLTTY] braille note - checking vc number

2008-04-24 Thread Dave Mielke
[quoted lines by Daniel Dalton on 2008/04/25 at 09:56 +1000] >I don't see it there. >Is there a section on how to find the vc number in that file? >Or does the braille note not have such a feature? Perhaps, due to the recent problems, you didn't see my answer to this question. The current VC num

Re: [BRLTTY] braille note - checking vc number

2008-04-24 Thread Daniel Dalton
On Thu, 24 Apr 2008, Dave Mielke wrote: > [quoted lines by Daniel Dalton on 2008/04/25 at 09:56 +1000] > >> I don't see it there. >> Is there a section on how to find the vc number in that file? >> Or does the braille note not have such a feature? > > Perhaps, due to the recent problems, you didn'

Re: [BRLTTY] braille note - checking vc number

2008-04-24 Thread Dave Mielke
[quoted lines by Daniel Dalton on 2008/04/25 at 12:17 +1000] >what are the other fields talking about? The first field shows the position (column:row) of the (left end of the) braille window on the screen. The second field shows the position (column:row) of the cursor on the screen. The letters

[BRLTTY] usb_to_serial port name

2008-04-24 Thread Daniel Dalton
Hi, When I get my usb to serial cable how do I tell brltty that its a usb to serial cable? (for -d) So what's the device name basically? Or should I just dmesg/ls /dev? Thanks, -- Daniel Dalton http://members.iinet.net.au/~ddalton/ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _

Re: [BRLTTY] usb_to_serial port name

2008-04-24 Thread Dave Mielke
[quoted lines by Daniel Dalton on 2008/04/25 at 14:23 +1000] >When I get my usb to serial cable how do I tell brltty that its a usb to >serial cable? >(for -d) >So what's the device name basically? USB->Serial adapters create serial devices with names that look like "ttyUSBn". Note that the "tty

Re: [BRLTTY] usb_to_serial port name

2008-04-24 Thread Daniel Dalton
On Fri, 25 Apr 2008, Dave Mielke wrote: > a decimal integer starting from 0. If you only have one such device then its > name will be "ttyUSB0". Remember to tell brltty to use serial (not USB) I/O. So if I have a hub and say an external hard drive pluged in will it be 0? I just need to be sure