[BRLTTY] Need help remapping display

S. Massy lists at wolfdream.ca
Mon Oct 24 18:01:06 EDT 2011


Hello again,

Sadly, the routing key addressing does not seem to work. I have this:
bind RoutingKey.38+RoutingKey.39 FWINRT

But, reloading brltty, I get this in the logs:
"unknown key: routingKey.38"

Am I missing something? This is brltty 4.2.

Cheers,
S.M.


On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 05:31:30PM -0400, S. Massy wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Wonderful! Thank you very much. I did search through the keymappings but
> couldn't find an example of specific routing keys being addressed. Now
> that I've partly remapped my display, I'll be able to tacke the readme.
> :)
> 
> Thanks again.
> 
> Cheers,
> S.M.
> 
> 
> On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 04:58:37PM -0400, Dave Mielke wrote:
> > [quoted lines by S. Massy on 2011/10/24 at 16:05 -0400]
> > 
> > >Now, I see functions are mapped externally through files in /etc/brltty. 
> > 
> > Yes. They're called key tables. The one you probably want to update for the 
> > Brailliant is called "brl-bm-display6.kti".
> > 
> > >How could I assign some routing key combinations to certain functions? How 
> > >does one declare specific RoutingKey combination? 
> > 
> > As you've no doubt already observed, you can refer to an arbitrary routing key 
> > by "RoutingKey". You can refer to a specific routing key by adding a dot and a 
> > number (starting from 0). The leftmost routing key, therefore, is 
> > "RoutingKey.0", and the rightmost routing key (assuming a 40-cell display) is 
> > "RoutingKey.39".
> > 
> > You may wish to read the file "README-KTB". It's a little out-of-date, but 
> > it'll still hopefully be helpful. Nothing in it is old and no longer usable. 
> > It's just that documentation for some new features hasn't yet been added to it.
> > 
> > >What is the meaning of the operator ! , 
> > 
> > It means that the function is invoked as soon as you press the key. Without it, 
> > the function isn't invoked until at least one key is released.
> > 
> > >as in RoutingKey+!RoutingKey?
> > 
> > That means that the function is invoked as soon as the second routing key is 
> > pressed.
> > 
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