[BRLTTY] Linux console hacking (was: Re: Footsteps towards better accessibility in Linux)

[Aura Kelloniemi]

Hi,

On 2026-03-27 at 08:30 +0100, Sébastien Hinderer <sebastien.hinderer at ens-lyon.org> wrote:
 > Nicolas Pitre (2026/03/26 21:45 -0400):
 > > This is now available in kernels v6.18.20 or later, v6.19.10 or later,
 > > and the upcoming v7.0.
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 > Thank you so much for the time, work and efforts you dedicate to this,
 > Nicolas.

My thanks too!

 > Once the kernel has been updated, is there anything more to do so that
 > applications actually take advantage of this, or are things going to
 > "just work"?

Terminfo should have 'smcup' and 'rmcup' entries added for the Linux terminal.
I don't know if this is going to be done.

Applications which don't use terminfo have some other mechanism for knowing
which sequences it can send to the terminal in order to switch to or from
the alternate screen. If the application does not know that linux terminal
supports alternate screen, it will not be used.

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Aura