[BRLTTY] brlapi _ get keys pressed and no actions

[Shérab]

Hi,

Dave Mielke (2018/09/21 03:38 -0400):
> [quoted lines by tayky on 2018/09/21 at 00:09 +0200]
> 
> >I accepted the PASSDOTS but I would like to have the combination of points
> >even when space is pressed.
> 
> Tehre's a way to do it, but, as of now, you need to make a small change to
> brltty's source and then rebuild it. Perhaps someone can suggest a way to make
> this small change and rebuild unnecessary. In any event, for now, the small
> change is to edit line 36 of ktb_translate.c, which currently says:
> 
>    #define RETAIN_CHORD_KEY 0
> 
> What you need to do is change 0 to 1.

Sorry but what does our friend try to achieve, here? I went through the
mentionned code but couldn't figure it out.

So far there are two ways to deliver key presses through BrlAPI: or raw
keypresses, or brltty commands. Do we need a third one to make possible
what is requested?

Cheers,

Shérab.