[BRLTTY] NLS EReader thumb keys

[Devin Prater]

I wonder if a display-specific part of preferences could be made, where
such dicitions could be made by the user as to what the thumb-keys do?
Devin Prater
r.d.t.prater at gmail.com
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On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 7:13 PM Dave Mielke <Dave at mielke.cc> wrote:

> [quoted lines by Devin Prater on 2021/08/26 at 12:28 -0500]
>
> >The only problem I have is that the thumb keys are reversed as to
> >what functions they'd normally do. The Up and Down keys, the one on the
> far
> >left and far right, are supposed to move one line up (left) and one line
> >down (right). The other two, Back and Advance, or Left and Right as I
> think
> >they're actually called, are for panning the display. Is there a reason
> >those functions were reversed?
>
> We made those assignments, as near as I can remember, when Humanware only
> had models where that didnt' matter. Now, unfortunately for us, they have
> "smart" devices and made assignments that didn't agree with ours. That
> gives us essentially three choices:
>
> First: Leave it as it is.
>
> Second: Change our assignments to match theirs. This'd mean that all those
> who use Humanware devices with brltty would need to adapt.
>
> Third: Only change our assignments for newer Humanware models. That'd mean
> that we'd have an inconsistency between older and newer HW models.
>
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