[BRLTTY] Terminal Type for Braille Edge connected via BRLTTY

[Kevin Fjelsted]

<<<The Edge arrows are being ignored in our program and we get no characters back 
> 
>> from them when they are pressed.>>>
That seems strange since the Edge arrow keys are responsive under other systems like VOiceOver and JAWS. So the edge must be sending out characters. Is this being filtered at the driver level, is there a way to expose them?
-Kevin

> On Sep 2, 2016, at 5:49 AM, Dave Mielke <dave at mielke.cc> wrote:
> 
> [quoted lines by Kevin Fjelsted on 2016/09/02 at 05:40 -0500]
> 
>>> Which keys are you using for the up and down arrows when you have a braille 
>>> keyboard?
>> 
>> I have tried both sets of up and down arrows. 
> 
> That's the problem. Those aren't the same as keyboard arrow keys.
> 
>> The Edge arrows are being ignored in our program and we get no characters back 
>> from them when they are pressed.
> 
> That's because they aren't keyboard keys. Those keys are Braille Edge 
> navigation keys. For the keyboard arrows, use:
> 
>   left:  Space+Dot3
>   Right: Space+Dot6
>   Up:    Space+Dot1
>   Down:  Space+Dot4
> 
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