[BRLTTY] Footsteps towards better accessibility in Linux

[Nicolas Pitre]

On Wed, 9 Apr 2025, Nicolas Pitre wrote:

> On Fri, 4 Apr 2025, Aura Kelloniemi wrote:
> 
> > The main problem is that there are not enough function key entries in the
> > kernel to have a binding for all possible combinations of regular keys and
> > modifiers. And because people have different needs (some may want to have
> > Shift-F1, while others would prefer Shift-Ctrl-Alt-Tab) there will be no
> > universal solution until this limitation is lifted.
> 
> I'll try to have a look eventually.

Well, just for the function strings alone (excluding standard letter 
mappings) the limit is 256 strings. The default table uses 28 string 
entries only.

Is this _really_ a limiting factor?
How many combinations do you need?


Nicolas