[BRLTTY] brltty-5.3 has been released.
covici at ccs.covici.com
covici at ccs.covici.com
Tue Dec 15 06:38:18 EST 2015
Great job -- just wanted to thank you for a great program.
I saw a window-eyes directory, but there is no window-eyesoption for
brltty -- is this obsolete?
Dave Mielke <dave at mielke.cc> wrote:
> Version 5.3 of BRLTTY has been released. You can get it by doing the following:
>
> Go to: http://brltty.com/
> Click on: Download
> Click on: Current Release
>
> Here's a summary of the major things that have happened to BRLTTY since 5.2:
>
> General fixes:
> The missing key event (stuck key) problem has been resolved.
> The braille display is now initialized when the -q (--quiet) option is used.
> Playing alert tunes has been moved to a dedicated thread.
> PCM (sound card) tone generation is now way more efficient.
> Program-relative paths are no longer used for relative paths specified via
> command line options or configuration file directives.
> Explicit paths for tables no longer consider the tables directory path.
> The -U (--updatable-directory) option has been added (it used to be
> hard-coded to /var/lib/brltty/).
> Braille driver parameters may be specified via the fourth boot parameter
> (use + to separate them).
> The speech FIFO on Linux has been moved to the writable directory (see -W -
> the default is /var/run/brltty/).
> The Console Bell Alert preference has been added - when enabled, and with
> the tune device set to PCM, the console bell can be heard even if the PC
> speaker either doesn't exist or isn't supported.
> New and changed commands:
> The toLeft modifier can be applied to any vertical motion command.
> The AltGr (Right Alt) and GUI (Windows) keys are supported.
> The PRPGRPH (go to previous paragraph) command navigates to the first line
> of the current paragraph (or, if already on it, to the first line of the
> previous paragraph) rather than to the last line of the previous
> paragraph.
> The space bar is a real space (rather than a braille character with no dots)
> when the keyboard is in Unicode braille input mode.
> Disabling the braille keyboard now disables all braille input commands.
> New commands that always skip forward/backward to a nonblank braille window:
> NXNBWIN, PRNBWIN
> Sticky modifier command improvements:
> Cycle through next,on,off (rather than just on,off) - next means just for
> the next typed character, and times out after five seconds.
> New commands to start/stop the braille,speech,screen drivers:
> BRL_START, BRL_STOP, SPK_START, SPK_STOP, SCR_START, SCR_STOP
> New commands for attaching to a specific (not necessarily current) console:
> SELECT, SELECT_NEXT, SELECT_PREV
> Albatross braille driver changes:
> Detection of no pending input has been improved.
> Recognizing a failed autodetection probe has been improved.
> Alva braille driver changes:
> Establishing a Bluetooth connection is now supported for more models.
> Baum braille driver changes:
> The standard braille keyboard chords are supported.
> The Refreshabraille has an improved key table.
> The Conny has an improved key table.
> The 12-cell Vario/BrailleConnect now uses the Conny key table.
> The protocols= parameter has been renamed to protocol= and accepts a
> specific protocol name (default, escape, hid1, hid2, ht, pb).
> Support for the following models has been added:
> VarioUltra, Pronto!, Brailliant2, SuperVario2, HID Refreshabraille 18
> BrailleMemo braille driver changes:
> Model autodetection has been improved.
> FreedomScientific braille driver changes:
> The key tables for newer models use the newer key names:
> The wheels are called Nav keys.
> The GDF keys are called Selector keys.
> HandyTech braille driver changes:
> Touch-based navigation has been implemented for the following models:
> Modular Evolution, Active Braille, Active Star
> HIMS braille driver changes:
> Function keys can be emulated by pressing space with a routing key.
> The Braille Sense U2 is recognized.
> The Braille Edge scroll keys are now mapped correctly.
> HumanWare braille driver changes:
> Bindings for adding Alt, Control, or both to a function key have been added.
> MDV braille driver changes:
> The bindings are now defined within key tables.
> Support for the following models has been added:
> Lilli Blu, MB248, MB408+
> Papenmeier braille driver changes:
> The status key bindings have been standardized across the various models.
> Minor changes to the front key bindings (for models with 13).
> XT keyboard support has been fixed.
> XWindow braille driver changes:
> Support for the Unicode braille characters has been added.
> AtSpi2 screen driver changes:
> The widget with focus on startup is determined correctly.
> The currently focused widget is cached for efficiency.
> The screen size is implicitly increased based on the cursor's location.
> The release= (yes, no) parameter has been added.
> Linux screen driver changes:
> VGA foreground and background colours are now reported correctly.
> A font change now triggers a braille display update.
> The VT= (number) parameter has been added - 0 means the current console.
> Systemd is no longer blocked from starting a login session on an unused tty.
> Screen screen driver changes:
> ASCII control characters can now be entered.
> BrlAPI changes:
> The version is now 0.6.4 (it was 0.6.3).
> Cursor blinking finally works again.
> The braille display is refreshed whenever it comes back online if the client
> has focus.
> Language profile support fixes:
> The language profile can now be changed when there's no braille device.
> The braille device and keyboard key table help texts are regenerated
> according to the new localization when the language profile is changed.
> Text table changes:
> The en_CA (English Canada) text table has been updated.
> The fr-vs (VisioBraille) text table has been updated.
> The alias directive has been added.
> Support for the variable and conditional directives has been added.
> The -u (--undefined) option has been added to brltty-ttb - it reports
> the characters in the current screen font that aren't yet defined in the
> text table.
> brltty-ttb can write C preprocessor format (cpp) tables.
> Contraction table changes:
> The Unicode braille characters are now handled internally.
> The en-us-g2 (grade 2 US English) contraction table has been updated.
> The zh-tw (Taiwan Chinese) contraction table has been updated.
> Key table changes:
> Major chords key subtable changes:
> Tab is now Space+Dots45 (it was Space+Dots2356).
> Backspace is now just Dot7, and Enter is now just Dot8.
> Add Space to get just dot 7 or just dot 8.
> Unchorded bindings have been added for navigating the preferences menu:
> Dot1: go to the previous item
> Dot4: go to the next item
> Dot2: go to the first item
> Dot5: go to the last item
> Dot3: select the previous setting for the current item
> Dot6: select the next setting for the current item
> Dot7: go back one level
> Dot8: exit the menu
> Minor changes to the keypad keyboard table.
> The assignDefault directive has been added.
> The -r (--reStructuredText) option has been added to brltty-ktb - it causes
> the help text to be formatted as reStructuredText.
> The help text has been improved:
> Related bindings have been organized into functional groups.
> Each of these groups has a descriptive header.
> Variants of the same binding are listed together.
> The bindings for Help and Learn are intentionally listed at the top.
> Java bindings fixes:
> The JDK hierarchy is located even when symbolic links point to it.
> The subdirectory containing machine-dependent JNI definitions is included.
> Android updates:
> F9 goes to the Global Actions (Power Off) dialog (Lollipop and later).
> F10 is the Menu key.
> The braille display stays in the active window (new problem as of Lollipop).
> The order in which screen elements are rendered is more intuitive.
> Czech translations have been added.
> Finnish translations have been added.
> Windows updates:
> Support for the Unicode braille characters has been added.
> brltty-tune (formerly tunetest) changes:
> The tune syntax has been completely changed.
> Tunes can be read from files.
> Build changes:
> The autoconf dependency has been updated to 2.64 (from 2.53).
> The ktbtest command has been renamed to brltty-ktb.
> The tunetest command has been renamed to brltty-tune.
> The brltty-atb, brltty-ktb, and brltty-tune commands are installed.
> Key table help text is rendered in HTML (as well as in plain text).
> Systemd service ready notification (via type=notify) is supported.
> mkwin command updates:
> The -C (Cygwin root directory) option has been added.
> A safe, relative path to the configure script can now be used.
>
> --
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