[BRLTTY] BRLTTY-5.2 has been released.
covici at ccs.covici.com
covici at ccs.covici.com
Thu Nov 6 15:15:40 EST 2014
What is passps2 and how do you do your own commands?
Thanks.
Dave Mielke <dave at mielke.cc> wrote:
> Release 5.2 of BRLTTY has been released. It can be downloaded from BRLTTY's web
> site:
>
> http://brltty.com/
>
> Click on Dowload, and then on Current.
>
> Here's a summary of what release 5.2 contains:
>
> General Fixes:
> Unexpected cursor tracking when switching virtual consoles has been resolved.
> The PASSPS2 command has (finally) been implemented.
> An infrastructure for defining custom commands has been added.
> A braille update is now forced when the braille device comes back online.
> All speech-related delays have been removed.
> Language profiles have been implemented (see README.Profiles).
> The following log categories have been added:
> brldrv Braille Driver Events
> spkdrv Speech Driver Events
> scrdrv Screen Driver Events
> all a pseudo-category that enables all categories
> -name disable a log category (especially useful after specifying all)
> New Commands:
> BRLKBD Set the braille keyboard enabled/disabled.
> PASTE_HISTORY paste from the clipboard's history
> SET_TEXT_TABLE directly select a text table
> SET_ATTRIBUTES_TABLE directly select an attributes table
> SET_CONTRACTION_TABLE directly select a contraction table
> SET_KEYBOARD_TABLE directly select a keyboard table
> SET_LANGUAGE_PROFILE directly select a language profile
> ALERT play a specific alert tune (used internally)
> New Braille Drivers:
> The Hedo [hd] driver has been added (MobilLine and ProfilLine models).
> Alva Braille Driver:
> The BC's Windows key has been bound to the Escape key.
> Key Repeat and Secondary Cursor Row Emulation are now automatically disabled.
> The driver has been updated to use newer core facilities.
> BrailleMemo Braille Driver:
> The key bindings have been changed.
> The BM Smart can now connect via USB.
> BrailleNote Braille Driver:
> The APEX is now recognized when connected via USB.
> The APEX routing keys are now handled.
> Text input in Input Mode is now supported.
> EuroBraille Braille Driver:
> The Protocol= parameter now recognizes "esysiris".
> A number of USB connectivity issues have been resolved.
> FreedomScientific Braille Driver:
> A number of USB connectivity issues have been resolved.
> HandyTech Braille Driver:
> The key combination LeftSpace+Dot7 has been bound to the Backspace key.
> Support for the following new models has been added:
> Active Star 40, Modular Connect 88, Connect Braille 40
> Iris Braille Driver:
> A possible crash when woken up in packet forward mode has been resolved.
> Key bindings have been added for the (new) PASTE_HISTORY command.
> The LatchDelay= parameter has been added.
> The driver has been updated to use newer core facilities.
> Metec Braille Driver:
> Support for status cells has been added.
> The driver has been updated to use newer core facilities.
> Papenmeier Braille Driver:
> Support for the Live and Live+ models has been added.
> Support for keyboards in Windows mode has been added.
> The two braille keyboard thumb keys have been remapped:
> LeftThumb now functions as the control key.
> RightThumb now functions as the left alt key.
> TSI Braille Driver:
> Key tables (rather than hard-coded bindings) are now used.
> The repeat delay and rate can now be controlled from the preferences menu.
> The HighBaud=yes/no parameter has been added.
> The SetBaud= parameter has been added.
> The driver has been updated to use newer core facilities.
> BrlAPI Updates:
> Now at release 0.6.3.
> Support for the XDG_VTNR environment variable has been added.
> USB Updates:
> All endpoint I/O is now deferred until after the strings have been read.
> The strings are now encoded in UTF-8 (rather than in Latin1).
> Asynchronous endpoint input errors are now detected.
> Detaching the kernel's driver via libusb is now supported.
> Detaching the kernel's driver via libusb-1.0 is now supported.
> Reading from an endpoint via libusb-1.0 now works again.
> Native Linux support now works on big endian platforms.
> The braille driver is restarted on Linux if the serial adapter is unplugged.
> Preferences Menu Changes:
> The "Save on Exit" selector has been moved back to the top of the root menu.
> The MENU_PREV_LEVEL command when in the root menu now exits the menu.
> File extensions are no longer shown in the table selectors.
> The Keyboard Table selector has been added.
> The Profiles submenu has been added.
> The Build Information advanced submenu has been added.
> The Tools advanced submenu has been added.
> Text Tables:
> no-oub (Norwegian) has been renamed to no-oup.
> no-oup is now the default Norwegian table.
> Contraction Tables:
> Unicode combining characters are now handled.
> Best fit (rather than explicit) character matching is now done.
> The "contraction" opcode no longer applies if even one non-punctuation
> character either precedes or follows the sequence.
> Updated Tables:
> de-kurzschrift (German)
> en-us-g2 (English US Grade 2)
> Key Tables:
> Contexts can now have meaningful names.
> Including a subtable can no longer change the context of the including table.
> Android Changes:
> The version code and version name are now set.
> The occasional crash on service startup has been resolved.
> Bluetooth devices that don't implement service discovery are now supported.
> DOS Changes:
> The configuration file has been renamed to brltty.cfg (from brltty.con).
> The log file is now created in BRLTTY's top-level directory.
> The log file is now written cleanly.
> The "page fault on program termination" problem has been resolved.
> The mkdosarc and mkdostools scripts have been added.
> Windows Changes:
> The mkwin script has been made much more flexible.
> brltty.inf has been renamed to brltty-libusb.inf.
> brltty.nsi has been renamed to libusb.nsi.
> Build Changes:
> The --with-keyboard-package option has been renamed to --with-kbd-package.
> The PKG_CONFIG environment variable (pkg-config command path) is honoured.
> A patch for screen-4.2.1 has been added.
> The tables have been moved into separate subdirectories of /etc/brltty/:
> Attributes/ attributes tables
> Contraction/ contraction tables
> Input/ braille driver tables
> Keyboard/ keyboard tables
> Text/ text tables
>
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