[BRLTTY] make drivers a library?

[Samuel Thibault]

James Teh, le Wed 23 Sep 2009 07:39:11 +1000, a écrit :
> On 23/09/2009 7:28 AM, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > James Teh, le Wed 23 Sep 2009 07:19:40 +1000, a écrit :
> >> To throw another spanner in the works, the fact that BRLTTY needs to be
> >> run as a service (in order to detach from the console and exit properly)
> > Oh, it is needed for console stuff too?  I have to admit I've never
> > tested but I thought it was necessary for USB access only.
> Actually, I don't think it needs to be run as a service for USB access - 
> it just requires libusb-win32 to be installed

Which poses other problems.  BTW, I guess that to use the winusb
interface we'd need some administrative rights too?

> > Do you
> > remember which problems are posed by brltty started from the command
> > line and detaching itself from it?
> 
> once detached, there's no specific mechanism to notify a 
> console application that it should exit gracefully.

Ah, right, that was the issue.

Samuel