[BRLTTY] 5.4 has been released.

Dave Mielke dave at mielke.cc
Tue Jun 28 21:46:06 EDT 2016


BRLTTY-5.4 has been released. As always, it can be downloaded from:

   http://brltty.com/

Here's a summary of the significant things that've changed since 5.3.1:

Core changes:
   The Delayed Cursor Tracking feature (and preference) has been added.
   Stuck keys are now automatically released after a specifiable timeout.
   Touch events no longer interfere with Learn Mode.
   Support for the Polkit authorization manager has been added.
   A couple of memory corruption issues have been resolved.
USB fixes:
   Device disconnect detection has been improved.
   Excessive CPU consumption for some older serial adapters has been resolved.
Baum braille driver changes:
   More bindings have been defined for models that have the B11 key.
   False reporting of input timeouts has been resolved.
   Handling of unknown packet types has been improved.
HandyTech braille driver changes:
   Model detection on Windows has been fixed.
   Output errors now restart the driver.
HIMS braille driver changes:
   Support for the Smart Beetle has been added.
   Newer firmware resolution of qwerty key code conflicts is supported.
HumanWare braille driver changes:
   Several USB connection problems have been resolved.
   The newer HID-based USB protocol is supported.
   The Brailliant B 80's Bluetooth device name is recognized.
Papenmeier braille driver changes:
   Clipboard bindings have been added that work on EL-C models.
   Bar bindings for the menu now work on EL models that don't have switches.
   Bindings may now be defined that use a routing key and an EL key.
XWindow braille driver changes:
   Fixed-size font restrictions have been removed.
xbrlapi changes:
   Brltty restarts are handled.
   Logs written to .xsession have been improved.
brltty-trtxt changes:
   The -b [--no-base-characters] option has been added.
Systemd/Udev changes:
   Multiple USB braille devices are handled - each starts its own brltty.
   Disconnecting a USB braille device stops the associated brltty.
Updated Tables:
   The en_CA (English Canada) text table.
   The zh_tw (Chinese, Taiwan) contraction table.

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