[BRLTTY] SPEAK_NEXT_WORD and word boundaries in Debian Trixie

Dave Mielke Dave at mielke.cc
Mon Jan 19 19:54:33 UTC 2026


[quoted lines by Eric Scheibler on 2026/01/19 at 12:43 +0100]

git pull on word-nav for the latest.

>Btw: The file Tools/reqpkgs.d/debian lists all packages, which are needed to compile Brltty under Debian. But at least
>Debian Trixie (stable) doesn't contain the package libpcre3-dev. I removed / didn't install it and the build went
>well anyway. Just so you know.

In config.mk, what does the RGX_PACKAGE line say?

>I think, 7, 8 and 9 would be more intuitive / better to reach. Orca does this too.

This has been done.

>Anyway I find it more convenient to keep both part and word on the same key and add ShiftLeft instead like this:

I'm still resisting adding a new key. Maybe you'll find it a lot more comfortable now that 8,9,0 has bee moved to 7,8,9.

>And we should keep the laptop keytable bindings "shift+arrow_left" and "shift+arrow_right" in mind - currently they
>still point to the word commands.

Those have now been converted to move by partial words.

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