[BRLTTY] Reading Dots 7-8 From BrlAPI

[Dave Mielke]

[quoted lines by Rob Meredith on 2008/08/22 at 14:55 -0400]

>I think this would make a lot of sense, especially on the Connect 12 where 
>they are both needed, and easy to reach.

Please try the attached patch (baum-dots78-3.patch), which replaces the 
previous patch. Now, b9,b0,b11 should all be space, and F2-F3 should be 
alternates for dots 7-8.

>I guess I'm not sure of the difference from the user's perspective, since I 
>would probably use these for shift and control anyway. How are dots 7-8 
>normally used when typed if not for shift and control? (I realize the 
>technical difference.)

There's no difference for the usual Latin1-style text tables, but it gets more 
complex in other languages.

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