[BRLTTY] sucessfully compile brltty on latest osx

[Cheryl Homiak]

Dave can give you a much more accurate explanation than I can. But since we aren't able to access the contents of the screen on Apple computers directly (probably not impossible but I don't think anybody has gotten this information from Apple though it ha been tried) we have to have the screen environment instead.

Here's what the introduction to the READMe says:

"Shared memory is another method for BRLTTY to get the content of the screen.
For this method you need two components:

*  Some other application needs to maintain the shared screen image. This can 
   be done via the screen program when augmented by a BRLTTY-supplied patch.
*  BRLTTY needs to be able to view the shared screen image. This is done via
   its Screen screen driver.

The original purpose of screen was to run different "screens" on a single
terminal. It also supports features like copy-and-paste, a scrollback buffer,
etc. Screen supports lots of terminal types, especially XTERM. This is
important because it runs under X-Windows which is part of most unixes."


-- 
Cheryl

I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf.
I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper
thrown in the trash!
Then God gave me a new heart and life:
His joy for my despairing tears!
And now, every day:
"This I call to mind,
and therefore I have hope:
The steadfast love of the Lord
never ceases;
his mercies never come to an end;
they are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness."
(Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV)




On Sep 14, 2014, at 3:41 PM, Anders Holmberg <anders at pipkrokodil.se> wrote:

> Hi!
> Just another dum question.
> What does screen do really?
> Is it only for the terminal?
> /A
> 14 sep 2014 kl. 22:14 skrev Cheryl Homiak <cah4110 at icloud.com>:
> 
>> This isn't necessary. Screen-4.0.1 can be downloaded and can be compiled and patched. The patches and documentation are in the brltty download in the Patches directory. There are two patches that must be applied and, at least the last time I did this, which I believe was on Mavericks, it worked with no problem. The link is in the README in the Patches directory.
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Cheryl
>> 
>> I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf.
>> I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper
>> thrown in the trash!
>> Then God gave me a new heart and life:
>> His joy for my despairing tears!
>> And now, every day:
>> "This I call to mind,
>> and therefore I have hope:
>> The steadfast love of the Lord
>> never ceases;
>> his mercies never come to an end;
>> they are new every morning;
>> great is your faithfulness."
>> (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV)
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Sep 14, 2014, at 3:09 PM, Chris Moore <chris.w1gm at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi.
>>> What we need is for someone to share  the source code for a patched version of screen which will run with brltty  on the mac.
>>> 
>>> Chris
>>> On Sep 14, 2014, at 5:40 AM, mattias <mjonsson1986 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> i think i get brltty itself compiled
>>>> but 
>>>> brltty
>>>> no screen
>>>> 13 sep 2014 kl. 23:15 skrev Cheryl Homiak <cah4110 at icloud.com>:
>>>> 
>>>>> If Xcode is not downloaded and installed, go to the app store on your Mac and get it; it's free.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Then, once Xcode is installed, in terminal run:
>>>>> 
>>>>> xcode-select  --install
>>>>> 
>>>>> It isn't necessary to do this as root or with sudo.
>>>>> The way to install xcode and make sure the command-line tools are installed differs from version to version but this is how it is done in Mac OS 10.9 and later.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> Cheryl
>>>>> 
>>>>> I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf.
>>>>> I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper
>>>>> thrown in the trash!
>>>>> Then God gave me a new heart and life:
>>>>> His joy for my despairing tears!
>>>>> And now, every day:
>>>>> "This I call to mind,
>>>>> and therefore I have hope:
>>>>> The steadfast love of the Lord
>>>>> never ceases;
>>>>> his mercies never come to an end;
>>>>> they are new every morning;
>>>>> great is your faithfulness."
>>>>> (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV)
>>>>> 
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