[BRLTTY] Removing --disable-... options.

Mario Lang mlang at delysid.org
Sun Apr 19 05:09:06 EDT 2009


Dave Mielke <dave at mielke.cc> writes:

> Brltty's configure script currently supports 22 --disable-... options. I
> think the time has come to remove a number of them. My initial
> proposal is that:
>
> And that we remove these:
>
>   --disable-preferences-menu    the preferences menu
>   --disable-table-selection     text/attribute/contraction table selection in
>   --disable-learn-mode          interactive command learn mode

I am fine with those.

>   --disable-contracted-braille  in-line contracted braille
>   --disable-beeper-support      support for the console tone generator
>   --disable-pcm-support         support for soundcard digital audio
>   --disable-midi-support        support for the Musical Instrument Digital
>   --disable-fm-support          support for the soundcard synthesizer
>   --disable-pm-configfile       user customization of Papenmeier driver

>From an installer perspective, I'd like to keep those, since they are
not very useful for new users and/or users just installing a new system.
I dont see contracted braille very useful in that context, and
MIDI/FM playback is something the environment probably doesnt support.
pm-configfile is also pretty useless in an installer context,
especially since it adds a complete parser framework to the code.

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