[BRLTTY] brl_identify()

Fri Feb 24 17:27:36 EST 2012

OK, so I've started working on the C driver(and have to present the device to my professor next week :O ). 
https://github.com/timthelion/FCHAD/blob/master/braille.c  If anyone ends up looking at that file, don't be concerned by the fact that it's mostly python code that is being excluded by the precompiler.  My methodology is to write and test the driver in python first, and then rewrite in C.  So the python code is a fully functional version of the driver which now must be translated to C.  It turns out things aren't as bad as I had thought in that I am finding that I can for the most part copy and paste the firmware(which is written in arduino's C++ like ino language) into the C file and only make slight changes...  

I do however have a few more questions.  Currently the file which I linked to builds fine but brltty spits out:
brltty: /home/timothy/works/current/braille/braille-mouse/brltty-driver/brltty-4.3-dev/src/brltty-4.3/Programs/../lib/libbrlttybfc.so: undefined symbol: itoa

when I run it with
$ ./run-brltty -b fc -x a2 -e -n

Is it possible to make it NOT build fine, and make it give me these kinds of errors when I do
$ make
?
Like by passing an argument to ./configure ...
Sorry if I'm asking silly questions.  I'm not a C programmer, I'm a pedagogy student! :D

Thank you very much,
Timothy

> ------------ Původní zpráva ------------
> Od: Dave Mielke <dave at mielke.cc>
> Předmět: Re: [BRLTTY] brl_identify()
> Datum: 20.2.2012 17:18:32
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> [quoted lines by timothyhobbs at seznam.cz on 2012/02/19 at 11:30 +0100]
> 
> >my devices are quite different from other braille displays(really, read the 
> >readme that I linked to, it's no longer than this email message) 
> ><https://raw.github.com/timthelion/FCHAD/master/README>
> 
> Are there any controls on the device itself, or does the driver just write to 
> it?
> 
> Does the cursor device communicate through BrlAPI to control what's on the 
> display?
> 
> Have you considered putting the two devices together so that the user can move 
> the cursor device with one finger of that same hand resting on the braille 
> character? I expect this would have the most natural feel and would work very 
> well.
> 
> A driver for this device should be quite easy to write. Let me know if you'd 
> like any help with it.
> 
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