[BRLTTY] custom keybindings

[Rob Hudson]

I use an alva 480mm.
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From: "Dave Mielke" <dave at mielke.cc>
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Subject: Re: [BRLTTY] custom keybindings


> [quoted lines by Rob Hudson on 2013/06/28 at 14:03 -0500]
>
>>Is there a way to add a keybinding speicific to one's braille display, 
>>without
>>modifying the source code and recompiling? For instance, I want to create 
>>a
>>keybinding to toggle braille translation on and off, without having to dig
>>through the preferences menu each time.
>
> If the driver uses key tables then it'S as easy as editing a file. If it's 
> an
> older driver which still uses hard-coded bindings then the code would have 
> to
> be modified unless the driver is first converted to use key tables. I'm 
> not
> sure which case is yours since you didn't say which driver you're 
> referring to.
> Our goal, of course, is to upgrade all of the drivers to use key tables, 
> but
> that hasn't been done yet.
>
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