On 5/9/25 04:58, Sébastien Hinderer wrote:
Hello Chevelle,
Yes what you wrote makes sense, thanks a lot!
I was wondering: would it make sense for BRLTTY to have a mode in which
it follows the mouse pointer rather than following the cursor?
One way I imagine it would be that, in this mode, dots 78 would
represent a position of the mouse pointer rather than the cursor.
If one presses the routing kay on a character while the mouse pointer is
already on it, that would be a left click on this character. If one
presses a routing key on a character whereas the mouse pointer is not
yet on it, that would move the mouse pointer to that character. Remains
to be found a way to simulate a right click.
To put all this in context, the purpose would be to make it possible to
click on links as sighted users do. But there may be other use-cases, I
don't know.
I guess BRLTTY has a mode to handle the mouse according to section 5.3
in the reference manual. It requires GPM to be installed and BRLTTY to
be compiled for that support. It depends if you want the Braille
display to follow the mouse pointer as a way of reviewing the screen, or
if you want to click the mouse, where the Braille display is located,.
I assume the GPM support was for virtual consoles, but it doesn't really
say in the manual. Normally screenreaders can move the mouse pointer to
where the review cursor or Braille display is, and then handle the
click. Most of the time that is what people want.
As far as sighted users are concerned, can they "clink on linkse" only
with the mouse, or do they have other ways to do it?
Seb.
Well normally they use the mouse or an alternate device like a trackball
or touch screen.
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