[BRLTTY] Many problems and questions on brltty for android

[erik burggraaf]

Thanks Mario,  Another one if you don't mind.  I have read through the help down past all the uses of the display keys and now I'm discovering that most of the functions are actually repeated on the braille keyboard using, if possible, even less sensible combinations than what they had on the display keys.  I've got to take this in baby steps or I'll get fed up.

So, my question is, is there a backspace on the braille input keyboard?  also, is there an enter?  

I've tried dots 7 and 8 on their own, but of course they are for the 8 dot braille code.  I've tried space plus 7 and space plus 8, but those don't do what they conventionally do in most other braille applications.  I've tried space plus B for backspace and space plus d for delete but nothing.

Thanks,

Erik Burggraaf
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On 2013-05-12, at 2:04 PM, Mario Lang <mlang at delysid.org> wrote:

> erik burggraaf <erik at erik-burggraaf.com> writes:
> 
>> Can I get brltty to save my preference for grade two output?
> 
> As far as I understand, saving preferences other then those exposed in
> the Android Settings GUI is currently not supported.
> 
>> Is there a grade two input option at the moment?
> 
> No, unfortunately not.  This is something we are lacking on all
> platform, not just on Android.
> 
>> There's supposed to be a learning mode accessible by display keys 1,
>> 4, 5, and 6, but pressing that combination only freezes the display
>> for 30 seconds to a minute.  During that time the braille won't
>> change.  Neither will the display respond to any key presses.  After
>> some time, the display will go back to being a display.
> 
> Good point, learn mode is likely also not working on Android yet.
> 
> Mind you, both mentioned items, "learn mode" and "preferences mode" are
> already on the Android TODO list.  So we are aware of these
> shortcomings, and they are on the list of things to tackle.
> 
> -- 
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