What is passps2 and how do you do your own commands? Thanks.
Dave Mielke <[email protected]> wrote: > Release 5.2 of BRLTTY has been released. It can be downloaded from BRLTTY's > web > site: > > http://brltty.com/ > > Click on Dowload, and then on Current. > > Here's a summary of what release 5.2 contains: > > General Fixes: > Unexpected cursor tracking when switching virtual consoles has been > resolved. > The PASSPS2 command has (finally) been implemented. > An infrastructure for defining custom commands has been added. > A braille update is now forced when the braille device comes back online. > All speech-related delays have been removed. > Language profiles have been implemented (see README.Profiles). > The following log categories have been added: > brldrv Braille Driver Events > spkdrv Speech Driver Events > scrdrv Screen Driver Events > all a pseudo-category that enables all categories > -name disable a log category (especially useful after specifying all) > New Commands: > BRLKBD Set the braille keyboard enabled/disabled. > PASTE_HISTORY paste from the clipboard's history > SET_TEXT_TABLE directly select a text table > SET_ATTRIBUTES_TABLE directly select an attributes table > SET_CONTRACTION_TABLE directly select a contraction table > SET_KEYBOARD_TABLE directly select a keyboard table > SET_LANGUAGE_PROFILE directly select a language profile > ALERT play a specific alert tune (used internally) > New Braille Drivers: > The Hedo [hd] driver has been added (MobilLine and ProfilLine models). > Alva Braille Driver: > The BC's Windows key has been bound to the Escape key. > Key Repeat and Secondary Cursor Row Emulation are now automatically > disabled. > The driver has been updated to use newer core facilities. > BrailleMemo Braille Driver: > The key bindings have been changed. > The BM Smart can now connect via USB. > BrailleNote Braille Driver: > The APEX is now recognized when connected via USB. > The APEX routing keys are now handled. > Text input in Input Mode is now supported. > EuroBraille Braille Driver: > The Protocol= parameter now recognizes "esysiris". > A number of USB connectivity issues have been resolved. > FreedomScientific Braille Driver: > A number of USB connectivity issues have been resolved. > HandyTech Braille Driver: > The key combination LeftSpace+Dot7 has been bound to the Backspace key. > Support for the following new models has been added: > Active Star 40, Modular Connect 88, Connect Braille 40 > Iris Braille Driver: > A possible crash when woken up in packet forward mode has been resolved. > Key bindings have been added for the (new) PASTE_HISTORY command. > The LatchDelay= parameter has been added. > The driver has been updated to use newer core facilities. > Metec Braille Driver: > Support for status cells has been added. > The driver has been updated to use newer core facilities. > Papenmeier Braille Driver: > Support for the Live and Live+ models has been added. > Support for keyboards in Windows mode has been added. > The two braille keyboard thumb keys have been remapped: > LeftThumb now functions as the control key. > RightThumb now functions as the left alt key. > TSI Braille Driver: > Key tables (rather than hard-coded bindings) are now used. > The repeat delay and rate can now be controlled from the preferences menu. > The HighBaud=yes/no parameter has been added. > The SetBaud= parameter has been added. > The driver has been updated to use newer core facilities. > BrlAPI Updates: > Now at release 0.6.3. > Support for the XDG_VTNR environment variable has been added. > USB Updates: > All endpoint I/O is now deferred until after the strings have been read. > The strings are now encoded in UTF-8 (rather than in Latin1). > Asynchronous endpoint input errors are now detected. > Detaching the kernel's driver via libusb is now supported. > Detaching the kernel's driver via libusb-1.0 is now supported. > Reading from an endpoint via libusb-1.0 now works again. > Native Linux support now works on big endian platforms. > The braille driver is restarted on Linux if the serial adapter is > unplugged. > Preferences Menu Changes: > The "Save on Exit" selector has been moved back to the top of the root > menu. > The MENU_PREV_LEVEL command when in the root menu now exits the menu. > File extensions are no longer shown in the table selectors. > The Keyboard Table selector has been added. > The Profiles submenu has been added. > The Build Information advanced submenu has been added. > The Tools advanced submenu has been added. > Text Tables: > no-oub (Norwegian) has been renamed to no-oup. > no-oup is now the default Norwegian table. > Contraction Tables: > Unicode combining characters are now handled. > Best fit (rather than explicit) character matching is now done. > The "contraction" opcode no longer applies if even one non-punctuation > character either precedes or follows the sequence. > Updated Tables: > de-kurzschrift (German) > en-us-g2 (English US Grade 2) > Key Tables: > Contexts can now have meaningful names. > Including a subtable can no longer change the context of the including > table. > Android Changes: > The version code and version name are now set. > The occasional crash on service startup has been resolved. > Bluetooth devices that don't implement service discovery are now supported. > DOS Changes: > The configuration file has been renamed to brltty.cfg (from brltty.con). > The log file is now created in BRLTTY's top-level directory. > The log file is now written cleanly. > The "page fault on program termination" problem has been resolved. > The mkdosarc and mkdostools scripts have been added. > Windows Changes: > The mkwin script has been made much more flexible. > brltty.inf has been renamed to brltty-libusb.inf. > brltty.nsi has been renamed to libusb.nsi. > Build Changes: > The --with-keyboard-package option has been renamed to --with-kbd-package. > The PKG_CONFIG environment variable (pkg-config command path) is honoured. > A patch for screen-4.2.1 has been added. > The tables have been moved into separate subdirectories of /etc/brltty/: > Attributes/ attributes tables > Contraction/ contraction tables > Input/ braille driver tables > Keyboard/ keyboard tables > Text/ text tables > > -- > Dave Mielke | 2213 Fox Crescent | The Bible is the very Word of God. > Phone: 1-613-726-0014 | Ottawa, Ontario | http://Mielke.cc/bible/ > EMail: [email protected] | Canada K2A 1H7 | http://FamilyRadio.com/ > _______________________________________________ > 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://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [email protected] _______________________________________________ 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://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty
