[BRLTTY] BRLTTY 4.2 has been released.
Moty Azrad
motiaz at gmail.com
Mon May 10 10:41:52 EDT 2010
Dear dave,
I wiswh to download and install the new brltty 4.2 that has been released.
I choosed, download and then, the current release.
I found there three links with different formats.
I downloaded the first one, but can not find any exe file as we had in the
previous brltty programs
Can I get from you a very clear answer:
1 which one of these three links to download
2 where I find the exe file and how is it named exactly?
this in order me not to install a wrong file, please.
Thanks much for your help.
Note: I wish to upgrade my brltty 4.1-2 to the new release.
I need it for my Baum supervario 40 Braille display to work with NVDA IN
WINDOWS7 7, OPERATING SYSTEM.
Again, thanks much for your support.
Moti
Moti azrad
Musician and Piano Tuner
motia at 013.net
motiaz at gmail.com
azrad_moty at hotmail.com
ISRAEL
From: Dave Mielke
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 1:37 PM
To: brltty at mielke.cc ; Linux Announcements for Blind Users
Subject: [BRLTTY] BRLTTY 4.2 has been released.
BRLTTY-4.2 has been released. It can be downloaded from BRLTTY's web site.
Select "Download", and then select "Current Release". BRLTTY's web site is
here:
http://mielke.cc/brltty/
The most noticeable change for users has been the introduction of key tables
for braille drivers. BRLTTY-4.0 introduced keyboard key tables, which allow
users to easily bind keyboard key combinations to BRLTTY commands. The
binding
of braille display controls to BRLTTY commands, however, was still done
within
the source code of the drivers. Now, in BRLTTY-4.2, the newest as well as
the
most commonly used drivers have been converted to use key tables, rather
than
hard-coding, to define their bindings. Users can now easily customize what
the
controls on their braille displays do by simply editing a text file. The
twelve
braille drivers which now use key tables are:
Albatross, Alva, Baum, CombiBraille, FreedomScientific, HandyTech,
HIMS, Metec, Papenmeier, Pegasus, Seika, Voyager.
Here's a summary of the changes which are in release 4.2 of BRLTTY:
Ending a cut operation beyond the right edge of the screen has been fixed.
Key/character insertion works with newer versions of Xorg.
The braille driver help files have been converted to plain text.
Multiple instances of brltty may not use the same PID file.
The keypad keyboard key table provides a braille input mode.
The working directory is no longer set to the data directory.
The writable directory is created if it doesn't already exist.
USB I/O via libusb1 is supported.
The Metec braille driver has been added.
The eSpeak speech driver has been added.
The AtSpi2 screen driver has been added.
A BrlAPI client for Window-Eyes has been developed.
Albatross braille driver changes:
Converted to use key tables.
USB support has been added.
Alva braille driver changes:
Converted to use key tables.
Baum braille driver changes:
Converted to use key tables.
Vario Pro wheels are supported.
For Vario Pro models, only update the text cells which have changed.
CombiBraille braille driver changes:
Converted to use key tables.
FreedomScientific braille driver changes:
Converted to use key tables.
Bluetooth support has been added.
The Focus Blue is supported.
Rockers and bumper bars are recognized as distinct keys.
HandyTech braille driver changes:
Converted to use key tables.
Pressing two routing keys simultaneously immediately cuts the selected
text.
Newer models which use the USB HID interface are supported.
The InputMode= parameter has been removed.
HIMS braille driver changes:
Converted to use key tables.
Papenmeier braille driver changes:
Converted to use key tables.
The DebugReads= and DebugWrites= parameters have been removed.
Support for the configuration file has been removed (now uses key
tables).
Pegasus braille driver changes:
Converted to use key tables.
Seika braille driver changes:
Converted to use key tables.
Voyager braille driver changes:
Converted to use key tables.
BrlAPI changes:
Key event support has been added.
Various client fixes for the Windows environment.
Various fixes for when threads aren't available.
No more extraneous connection to localhost when using a TCP/IP host name.
A fix to exception handling within the Python bindings.
ExternalSpeech speech driver changes:
Two-letter driver identification code changed to "xs" (from "es").
AtSpi screen driver changes:
Static linking is supported.
A problem causing crashes on 64-bit platforms has been resolved.
Windows screen driver changes:
Significant reductions in memory usage.
Better handling of unreadable screens.
Better handling of the Alt+Tab window.
DOS changes:
Log records are written to the file "brltty.log".
The TSI braille driver stays at 9600 baud.
Key table changes:
Add the following directives:
assign, context, hide, hotkey, ifkey, map, note, superimpose, title.
Add the \{name} variable name expansion syntax.
Add the ! immediate key syntax.
A command may have more than one modifier.
The line command modifiers are supported.
Keyboard key table names are now prefixed with "kbd-".
The ktbtest tool has been added.
Linux changes:
USB device inspection is more efficient.
Fixes to keyboard connect/disconnect monitoring.
Fixes to key event handling.
PCM and MIDI support defaults to ALSA (instead of to OSS).
Windows changes:
Improved conversion of Windows errors to system errors (errno values).
Bluetooth support has been added.
Text table autoselection has been fixed.
Text table editing (ttbtest -e) is supported.
Build changes:
--enable-usb-support changed to --with-usb-package[=package,...].
--disable-usb-support changed to --without-usb-package.
--enable-bluetooth-support changed
to --with-bluetooth-package[=package,...].
--disable-bluetooth-support changed to --without-bluetooth-package.
Text tables updated:
hu, sk.
Contraction tables updated:
de-kurzschrift, en-us-g2, zh-tw.
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