[BRLTTY] Default for key tables - OFF or ON

Samuel Thibault samuel.thibault at ens-lyon.org
Sat Feb 7 17:18:48 EST 2009


Hello,

Mario Lang, le Tue 03 Feb 2009 09:31:38 +0100, a écrit :
> The GUI case can probably be solved by temporarily
> setting key sniffing into passthru mode while on a tty claimed by a client.
> This would give full keyboard control back to BrlAPI clients.

Mmm, that's not necessarily a good idea to do it by default and I'm
afraid by adding yet something else in BrlAPI.  I'd rather disable it
when the console is in graphical mode, which provides the same effect
concerning Orca.

> BTW, when does speakup steal its keys?  Before potential input clients
> that grab a device, or when a key finally reaches the kernel without being
> grabbed by an user space app?  i.e., does speakup or brltty win over
> a double-bound key combination?

I think brltty wins.

Samuel


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