[BRLTTY] 6.7 has been released.
Dave Mielke
Dave at mielke.cc
Tue Oct 15 16:32:28 UTC 2024
Release 6.7 of brltty is now available. As always, it's at:
http://brltty.app/
The user-facing changes in it are:
General changes:
The -g [--gui-keyboard=] command line option has been added.
The -G (--gui-keyboard-table) command line option has been added.
The Speak Empty Line preference (default is yes) has been added.
The ASPK_EMP_LINE toggle command has been added.
BrailleMemo braille driver changes:
The KGS Next Touch models are now supported.
FreedomScientific braille driver changes:
Bluetooth service discovery is now used to find the serial channel.
HandyTech braille driver changes:
The Activator Pro models are now supported.
USB support for the Basic Braille Plus models has been enabled.
HIMS braille driver changes:
The eMotion is now supported.
USB detection of the BrailleSense 6 has been fixed.
Linux screen driver changes:
Keyboard input when in graphical mode is now supported.
Modifying a character with the Left Alt key is now supported.
The CapsLock key is now supported as a modifier (for Orca's laptop mode).
Shifted keys have been added to the XT key entry table.
AtSpi screen driver changes:
The Enter key is now mapped to the Return key rather than to Keypad Enter.
FileViewer screen driver changes:
The show=yes,no parameter has been added.
Typing any character now beeps as that's invalid on a read-only screen.
Home/End now go to the start/end of the current line.
Home/End with the Control modifier now go to the start/end of the file.
Speech FIFO changes:
A single write may now contain several packets.
Packet options for each of the autospeak echo settings have been added.
A packet option allowing a tune to be written has been added.
BrlAPI changes:
The version is now 0.8.6 (it was 0.8.5).
Setting a subparameter value has been fixed.
The BRLAPI_PARAM_DRIVER_PROPERTY_VALUE parameter has been added.
The WM_COMMAND window manager property is now monitored for changes.
The --write-window and --write-command options have been added to xbrlapi.
Key table changes:
The assignGlobal directive has been added.
Windows changes:
The winsetup script now supports the python-location symbolic link.
Android changes:
The release version is no longer allowed to upgrade itself.
Translations for the Ukrainian language have been added.
Language changes:
The German contraction table has been updated.
A message catalog for the Georgian language has been added.
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