[BRLTTY] Word wrap in the console

John J. Boyer john.boyer at abilitiessoft.org
Tue Mar 29 00:24:34 EDT 2022


I am using the English UEB Grade 2 table. It does not word wrap. It ddid before I upgraded to Debian Bokworm.

John

On Mon, Mar 28, 2022 at 06:07:18PM -0400, Jason White wrote:
> Quick update: no change after shutting down the X session.
> 
> The same results occur with the UEB and English US contraction tables.
> 
> The braille display is a Freedom Scientific/Focus 40 Blue (5th).
> 
> Interesting...
> 
> On 28/3/22 18:01, Jason White wrote:
> > 
> > On 28/3/22 16:39, Dave Mielke wrote:
> > > Word Wrap only applies to computer braille, i.e. it doesn't apply to
> > > contracted braille (primarily because contracted braille always word
> > > wraps). It also doesn't apply when some other program, e.g. Orca, is
> > > in control of the display.
> > 
> > Interestingly, I'm getting contracted braille that is not word wrapped
> > (in the console).
> > 
> > I'll try it without Orca running in the X session in case this is
> > responsible.
> > 
> > 
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