[BRLTTY] 3.10

[Dave Mielke]

Here's my initial list of changes to be publicized for 3.10. Is anything 
missing? Are there any things which aren't done but which should still make it 
in?

The Core and drivers (excluding text tables) are now Unicode-based.
The DESCCHAR function now shows (if possible) the character's name.
Linear cuts no longer include newline characters.
Specifying the braille device as serial: now defaults to the first serial device.
Add a driver for the Braille Sense.
Bring the French manual fully up-to-date (was at 3.6).
Linux-specific changes:
   Don't unnecessarily wake up USB devices when searching.
Albatross braille driver changes:
   Correctly handle keys which send their code on both press and release.
Baum braille driver changes:
   Bind TL1+TR3 to the BACK funct5ion.
EuroBraille braille driver changes:
   Rewritten.
   Add support for the Iris PC keyboard.
   Add key binding to do Shift+Tab directly (dots 235 + space).
   New EsysIris key bindings:
      VK_L34 -> FREEZE
      VK_L67 -> HOME
FreedomScientific braille driver changes:
   New PAC Mate key bindings:
      routing key + left wheel press -> SETLEFT
      routing key + right wheel press -> DESCCHAR
General speech support changes:
   Add a preference for setting the pitch.
   Add a preference for setting the punctuation level.
SpeechDispatcher speech driver changes:
   Change the connection name to "main" (from "driver").
   Single character entry/deletion now always speaks.
   Try to reopen the connection if an error occurs.
   Support setting pitch and punctuation level.
Theta speech driver changes:
   It wouldn't compile with newer gccs.
Linux screen driver changes:
   Now works on big endian architectures.
   Add support for multi-byte character sets.
   Add the Charset= parameter.
   Add support for the right Alt key (AltGr).
PcBios screen driver changes:
   Add AT/XT scancode support.
Windows screen driver changes:
   Add the FollowFocus= parameter.
   Add AT/XT scancode support.
Text table changes:
   Rename no-h to no-generic.
   Rename no-p to no-oub [Offentlig Utvalg for Blindeskrift].
Contraction table changes:
   Unicode characters can be specified by value [\uxxxx].
   Unicode characters can be specified by name [\<name>].
   Expand the spaces between words when the cursor is on them.
   Rename the opcode "repeated" to "repeatable".
   Fixes to the English Grade 2 [en-us-g2] table.
   Fix the UEB [Unified English Braille] percent sign.
   Fixes to the Chinese [zh-...] tables.
   Rename zh-tw-big5 to zh-tw.
   Remove zh-tw-gb2312.
   Remove zh-tw-utf8.
BrlAPI changes:
   Present a blinking cursor if that's what the user has configured.
   Install/uninstall "/var/lib/BrlAPI/".
Java bindings changes:
   Package the classes into org.a11y.BrlAPI.
   Rename the classes to remove the (now redundant) Brlapi prefix.

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