Hi! I too use the cursor up/down functions. They are very important if you for instance use an Active braille without an external keyboard.
Thanks Lars On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 09:43:14PM +0200, Mario Lang wrote: > [Top-posting to keep the answer short.] > > Hi. > > I personally use the binding of CURSOR_UP and CURSOR_DOWN quite a lot. > And, as you already said, if I don't want to reach all the way to the > right, I use the SPACE keys to pan horizontally. > > Sébastien Hinderer <sebastien.hinde...@ens-lyon.org> writes: > > > Dear all, > > > > This message is addressed to Mario and all the users of the Active Star > > 40 and perhaps also other HandyTech products. > > > > I would like to discuss the binding of the left triple action key. Its > > lower part is currently bound to cursor down, while its upper part is > > currently bound to cursor up. > > > > I never used these bindings and recently changed them. I bound the lower > > part to full window right and the upper part to full window left. That > > may sound counterintuitive and may seem more intuitive to do the binding > > the other way around, but my idea was to be as close as possible to > > what one is doing when reading printed braille. When one is doing that, > > at some point the right hand continues to read on its own while the left > > one returns to the beginning of the line and goes to the following one, > > so that the right hand knows where to go when reading is finished. > > > > With this bindings, I find the load of my two hands more balanced. It's > > also convenient when the display is not completely filled to not have to > > go to the triple action key on the right to go to the next braille > > window. I realise I could do it with the space keys, too, but I don't > > find this very convenient. > > > > So my question is: what do other users of this input table think about > > this suggestion? Do you find it odd and think I should just keep it for > > myself, or do you like it and find it worth including? > > > > For those who would like to try, I am attaching the updated version of > > rockers.kti I am using. > > > > To use it, just install it under /etc/xdg/brltty/rockers.kti and restart > > brltty, it will load the alternative version of the table rather than > > the default one. > > > > Best wishes, > > > > Sébastien. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. > > To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@brltty.app > > For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty > > > > -- > CYa, > ⡍⠁⠗⠊⠕ > _______________________________________________ > This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. > To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@brltty.app > For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@brltty.app For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty