Hi: brltty-6.3 has been released. Here's a summary of the most important changes that it contains:
Core changes: The CLIP_NEW command when performed via a keyboard table no longer crashes. Message localization now works on Windows and Android. Non-UTF8 consoles on Linux and Windows are now supported. Command line option changes: --start-message no longer has a short option (was -Y). --stop-message no longer has a short option (was -Z). --prompt-patterns no longer has a short option (was -z). The short option for --privilege-parameters is now -z (was -y). The --stay-privileged [-Z] option has been added. Setting the unprivileged user to :STAY-PRIVILEGED: is no longer supported. The override-preference option has been renamed to override-preferences. The --locale-directory option has been added. Build changes: The Systemd and Udev wrapper scripts are now in libexec/ (not lib/brltty/). BRLTTY now has a .pc (pkgconfig) file. The revision identifier for the build is now stored within the tarball. Systemd changes: The brlapi group is created during boot if it doesn't already exist. FreedomScientific braille driver changes: Focus models: The SETMARK an GOTOMARK commands have been bound. XWindow braille driver changes: A backspace key has been added. SpeechDispatcher speech driver changes: The name= parameter has been added. BrlAPI changes: The version is now 0.8.2 (it was 0.8.1). Some locking issues have been resolved. Contraction table changes: The cldr directive has been renamed to emoji. Emoji translation is no longer applied to (some) non-emoji characters. A (rare) problem that could cause an infinite loop has been resolved. Developer changes: The versioned symbolic link for libbrlapi.so is now created by make api. The run-* scripts now work when the build and source trees aren't the same. The run-brltty script now uses the message catalogs within the build tree. The msgtest command has been added. -- I believe the Bible to be the very Word of God: http://Mielke.cc/bible/ Dave Mielke | 2213 Fox Crescent | WebHome: http://Mielke.cc/ EMail: [email protected] | Ottawa, Ontario | Twitter: @Dave_Mielke Phone: +1 613 726 0014 | Canada K2A 1H7 | _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty
