[BRLTTY] 5.6 is now released.

[Dave Mielke]

Release 5.6 of brltty is now available. It can be downloaded from:

   http://brltty.com/

Here's a summary of its most significant updates:

General updates:
   BRLTTY has been relicensed to the LGPL (from the GPL).
   Better cursor routing handling of status line updates and vertical scrolling.
   The Track Screen Scroll setting has been added.
   The Word Wrap setting has been added.
   Panning left when using a contraction table now word wraps.
   Typing dismisses an alert message.
   The test for when INFO does text maximization instead has been fixed.
   Overrides are now applied when the preferences haven't yet been saved.
   The Inceptor braille driver (from Innovision) has been added.
The Baum braille driver:
   On models with B9 and B10 by the joystick, both are interpreted as Space.
   Input packet handling for Pronto! V3 models has been fixed.
The EuroBraille braille driver:
   Improved autodetection when using Bluetooth.
   The Esytime braille keyboard can be used over Bluetooth and USB.
   For Esytime models, B5 has been renamed to B8.
The HIMS braille driver:
   The Smart Beetle is now recognized when using Bluetooth.
The HumanWare braille driver:
   The BrailleNote Touch is recognized when using USB.
BrlAPI changes:
   The version is now 0.6.7 (it was 0.6.6).
   The brlapi_getModelIdentifier() function has been added to the API.
   The default character set is now based on the user's locale.
   Sessions would occasionally hang when connecting.
   PolKit authentication is no longer attempted when it isn't available.
   Reading raw key codes no longer uses key ranges.
Text tables:
   The lt (Lithuanian) table has been updated.
   The uk (Ukrainian) table has been added.
Contraction tables:
   The fr-abrege (French) table has been updated.
   The lt (Lithuanian) table has been added.
   Support has been added for LibLouis tables.
   brltty-ctb's output is now UTF-8 (rather than ASCII).
Key tables:
   The ifPlatform and ifNotPlatform directives have been added.
Systemd changes:
   Path (rather than target) units are now used to manage BRLTTY instances.
Android changes:
   Danish translations have been added.
Build features:
   Add the reload target to the make files for Systemd and Udev.
   A make file for install/uninstall of the AppStream rules has been added.
   Python 3.6 is supported.

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