[BRLTTY] brltty for the mac

[Cheryl Homiak]

Just checking to see if anybody is still working on brltty for the  
Mac and if any further progress is made. I see that one can compile  
and install it if stripping is eliminated in config.mk in the top  
level; it appears that nothing actually happens when brltty is loaded  
as far as the display is concerned though;; I assume this is because  
there is no screen driver yet unless it hhass something to do with my  
use of a usbserial cable with my braillelite. One thing I did notice  
is that wwhen I run brltty I get an error unless I do it from /  
(slash). Apparently it tries to open its working directory where you  
arre, such as in /usr/local/brltty/etc oalthough the directory  
actually is in /etc. I assume this is avoidable in configuring but  
since this isn't necessary when compiling in linux I thought I'd  
mention it. There have been inquiries off and on about the progress  
of braille support on the mac-discuss lists so I thought I'd check.  
Of course, what is really wanted is to use braille with macosx but  
even beingg able to use it in the terminal application (terminal  
being the ccommand line) would be helpful. I do, however, already use  
brltty on the command line by sshing in from a linux machine.

If anybody is getting anywhere with brltty on the mac I'd be glad to  
hear about any progress at all.

Thanks.

-- 
Cheryl
"Where your treasure is,
there will your heart be also".