[BRLTTY] [HT] The status cell problem...

[Nicolas Pitre]

On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, Mario Lang wrote:

> Hi.
> 
> On the Modular Evolution cursor routing keys are currently off by a certain
> amount (the status cell count).
> 
> I propose to "fix" this problem by special-casing
> models with continuous cells and putting the status cells on the right side
> for now.  This at least fixes cursor routing (and cut-and-paste and all that).

No.

The proper "fix" is for the driver to report the actual routing key 
number by substracting the number of status cells as needed.  If the 
driver knows how many status cells a given display has and tells the 
core about them, it also must ensure the routing keys reported to the 
core is coherent with that as well.  Then the routing keys above status 
cells become extra buttons for other purposes.


Nicolas