[BRLTTY] BRLTTY 6.5 has been released.

[Dave Mielke]

Release 6.5 of BRLTTY has now been released. As usual, it can be downloaded from:

   https://brltty.app/

Here's a summary of the user-facing changes that it contains:

General changes:
   Help (-h) output lines are now wrapped at the screen width (not at 79).
   Parameter errors no longer prevent a driver from starting.
   Word Wrap when using contracted braille has been fixed.
   The Quiet setting can now be specified within brltty.conf.
   In data files, \R now represents the Unicode replacement character.
   Chord-6/8 now toggle between 6- and 8-dot computer braille.
   Bindings for the Emacs editor have been added.
   Bindings for the Lua language have been added.
   An Arabic message catalog has been added.
Logging changes:
   The ingio log category has been renamed to gio.
   The bluetooth log category has been renamed to bt.
   The hid log category has been added.
Baum braille driver changes:
   The Orbit Reader 40 is now supported.
Canute braille driver changes:
   Driver startup is now much faster.
   Lines that haven't effectively changed are no longer rewritten.
HumanWare braille driver changes:
   An easy way to revert to the legacy thumb key bindings has been added.
   The newer models can now be used via Bluetooth on Linux.
Linux screen driver changes:
   The WidecharPadding= parameter has been added.
   The FixUnicodeSpaces= parameter has been renamed to RpiSpacesBug=.
AtSpi2 screen driver changes:
   Control characters are now mapped to their corresponding special keys.
   Brltty is now shut down if the driver fails to start.
   The driver no longer crashes when the X server is shut down.
BrlAPI changes:
   The version is now 0.8.4 (it was 0.8.3).
   The permissions on local server sockets are now set correctly.
   The cursor is now represented correctly when using six-dot cells.
   Some locking issues have been resolved.
   A text console can now create its own client session.
Text table changes:
   The Russian (ru) table has been significantly updated.
   The Arabic (ar) table has been significantly updated.
   Typing when using the Arabic (ar) table now yields Arabic (not English) letters.
   The input directive has been added.
Key table changes:
   The +escaped character modifier has been added.
Udev changes:
   The rules for customized and generic devices can now be installed separately.
   The device and uinput rules can now be installed separately.
   Filtering is now also done on the manufacturer and product strings.
   Filtering on a parent hub's vendor/product identifiers is now supported.
   A HID rules file has been added.
   Symlinks for USB-connected devices are now in /dev/brltty/.
Linux changes:
   Bluetooth HID is now supported.
Windows changes:
   Brltty no longer crashes when started as a service.
Android changes:
   Now targeting API level 30 and setting isAccessibilityTool.
   The Actions screen now scrolls vertically.
   Settings -> Accessibility -> BRLTTY -> Settings now goes to the Actions screen.
   Arabic string translations have been added.
Tool changes:
   brltty-clip now has better long options.
   brltty-hid has been added.
   brltty-ttysize has been added.
   xbrlapi now ignores keyboard remapping errors from the X server.
Build changes:
   The LD, STRIP, and RANLIB commands are no longer hard-coded.

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