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

[Nicolas Pitre]

On Mon, 30 Mar 2026, Sébastien Hinderer wrote:

> Thank you Nicolas, I am very impressed.
> 
> My only feedback would be about cursor routing, which is a topic Samuel
> and I have been discussing off-line a few weeks ago.
> 
> My understanding is that the way it's currently done is because we
> cannot currently do better, but I think if we could we should.
> 
> More concretely, if kmscon supports input from a mouse, then I'd suggest
> that cursor routing events are somehow translated to mouse clicks. In
> terms of your doocuemnt I assume this would mean adding one more type of
> events that BRLTTY could inject?

I think mouse clicks and cursor routing should remain separate. They 
sometimes have the same effect (like within a text editor) but often 
they're different.

The idea is for BRLTTY to tell the terminal: "I want a mouse click event 
here" and use routing keys for indicating the location through a 
different key binding than cursor routing. It is then up to you to use 
the method that provides best results in a given context.


Nicolas