[BRLTTY] BrlAPI Raw key code mode?

[Shérab]

Dave Mielke (2017/08/23 17:33 -0400):
> [quoted lines by Shérab on 2017/08/23 at 22:08 +0200]
> 
> Hi:
> 
> >Couldn't we imagine that the clients define command groups and commands by
> >specifying their names and numerical values and then there could be
> >tables similar to the core ones mapping braille keys to these
> >client-defined commands?
> 
> Of course, we can imagine anything we want. Some layer needs to own the value 
> space, though.

You mean to avoid collisions, i.e. one number having two meanings
depending who interprets it?

I thought this problem wouldn't exist because ta one moment, only one
value space is "active".

> If we want to have a base set of common commands then the core 
> needs to own the value space.

Sure.

> If we don't care then the client can own it. All 
> I'm saying is that I think it's wrong to design a paradigm that ends up with a 
> needlessly huge amount of tables as that'll very quickly become totally 
> unmanageable.

Sure. I guess in practice there won't be that many tables but I can't be
sure.

Shérab.