[BRLTTY] Using BrlAPI clients in tmux (wass: Linux console hacking (was: Re: Footsteps towards better accessibility in Linux))

[Sébastien Hinderer]

Hello,

Aura Kelloniemi (2026/04/08 14:00 +0300):
> Tmux is a primary console for many, like me. However, I don't use BRLTTY's
> tmux driver.
>
> I consider the tmux terminal driver to be broken at the moment for two reasons:
>
> 1) The inefficiency mentioned above, and
> 2) The lack of support for running BrlAPI applications inside tmux.

Do you know about the WINDOWPATH environment variable that BrlAPI
clients can use to say where exactly they are running?

> I use BrlAPI applications regularly and I need to open a separate VT
> for working with them.

I am curious about which BrlAPI applications you are using regularly
because I am not aware of that many, actually. apart from Orca, of
course. Are those public, or are we talking about clients you wrote for
your own needs?

Seb.