[BRLTTY] BrlAPI Raw key code mode?

[Mario Lang]

Dave Mielke <dave at mielke.cc> writes:

> [quoted lines by Mario Lang on 2017/07/27 at 09:02 +0200]
>
>>Is there anything that I (with my limited understanding of the core) can
>>do to help in this?
>
> The core - see brl_base:enqueueKeyEvent() - already calls api_handleKeyEvent(). 
> The rest is up to that function, which should return true if it consumes it and 
> false if it doesn't.

It looks like Programs/brlapi_server.c:api_handleKeyEvent() already does
what we need. It packs the three individual values into a brlapi_keyCode_t:

  clientCode = ((brlapi_keyCode_t)group << 8) | number | ((brlapi_keyCode_t)press << 63);

and passes it on to api__handleKeyEvent().  This is great!
But why doesn't it work / what could I be missing?

The symptom I am seeing is that brlapi__readKey() only works if I pass ""
as driver string to brlapi__enterTtyMode().  If I pass "HandyTech",
which is what I am using right now, a blocking brlapi__readKey never returns.
In fact, I know the core doesn't pass the keypresses on because some of
the keys result in BRLTTY playing a sound, as if it were trying to read
a screen.  Maybe the detection logic for brl_keyToCommand() is the
problem?  Or something else?

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