[BRLTTY] Variable status cell displays and BrlAPI

[Nicolas Pitre]

On Thu, 26 Oct 2006, Mario Lang wrote:

> Hi.
> 
> As far as I can see (please correct me if I am wrong), there is no
> way to write the status cell content via BrlAPI.  The new
> HandyTech Modular Evolution series has no spacing between status cells
> and main display, so it could potentially be used as a full 88 (or 64) char
> display.  I think we should make sure this can be utilized from
> API clients, since these are more likely to not rely on even display
> width.  What can we do to make this possible?
> Ideally, the brlapi_write call should allow a regionSize of 88.
> However, this also means that displaySize should be able to report 88.

This is a driver issue not a brlapi issue.  The driver should detect 
such display models and advertise the display as being a 88 cells to the 
core (possibly with a driver parameter if this is not desirable in all 
cases).


Nicolas