[BRLTTY] Skip identical blank lines setting seems to impact Orca

Jason J.G. White jason at jasonjgw.net
Sat Feb 28 12:35:57 UTC 2026


Sébastien Hinderer <sebastien.hinderer at ens-lyon.org> wrote:
>Also, even if there would be the will and manpower to accomplish that
>work, it wouldmean that you'd need to gather the list of allthe function
>keys of all devices, or at least just the function keys of the active
>one. I am not sure how easy it is to do that programmatically. I am not
>saying it is not, I am just sayingI really don't know.

Yes, I think there would at least need to be an operation to query 
BRLTTY for information about the keys and controls of the active 
display, or, failing that, the manufacturer/model of device being used.

Every other screen reader I've used has access to the underlying device 
controls, with default command bindings for each supported display type.

As many displays have braille input keys, a common command set can be 
assigned to them, eliminating a lot of device-specific configuration.



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