Hi Chris. I turn voiceover off and start brltty. Then once brltty is started I turn voiceover on again and it won't take over the braille display. I think somebody had a script for doing this on the brltty list but I'd have to go looking for it.
-- Cheryl "Today, all sorts of subjects are eagerly pursued;. but the knowledge of God is neglected…. Yet to know God is man's chief end, and justifies his existence. Even if a hundred lives were ours, this one aim would be sufficient for them all." (Calvin: commentary on Jeremiah 9:24.) > On Jun 28, 2015, at 8:01 PM, Chris Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Cheryl, > How do you tell voiceOver to disable the display to allow brltty to access it? > > Chris >> On May 31, 2015, at 9:36 PM, Cheryl Homiak <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> On May 31, 2015, at 6:34 PM, Cheryl Homiak <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> I am not sure when this problem started because I have been using brltty a >>> lot from my linux machines and working on the Mac terminal by ssh. I went >>> back to brltty-5.1 and then 5.0 in the git repository and still had the >>> same problem which makes me think this is more complicated, or at least >>> different from, just a problem that happened in a brltty change. >>> >>> I cannot do control characters such as control-x control-s control-c and >>> others with the braille edge keyboard but they can be done from non-display >>> keyboards normally both with brltty off and on. Instead, the letters are >>> registered without the control so letters are typed. I found this in emacs >>> but also ran nano. Alt, on the other hand, does still work. Also, the >>> function that the control key performs on the Braille Edge when no other >>> key is pressed does still work. >>> >>> Here is what I did once brltty was started and the control characters were >>> done the first time from the usb keyboard and the second time from the >>> braille display, also on usb. >>> >>> emacs test.txt >>> ctrl-x ctrl-s ctrl-x ctrl-c >>> >>> I did have to do an extra control series again with the usb keyboard to >>> close the file since it did not work from the braille keyboard. >>> >>> I did keep the control key held down for the ctrl-x ctrl-s and then let up >>> and held control down again for the x and c. This is how I usually do it >>> and it works with no problem on the usb keyboard. It also works with no >>> problem from my brltty installations on linux but those were not running >>> Mac OS, not running screen and were running the debian package rather than >>> the git repository package. >>> >>> i have recently done a clean install of yosemite and have not at this point >>> installed either homebrew or macports. I was able to compile and run both >>> screen and brltty without these extra resources by downloading autoconf; I >>> also downloaded libtool and automake, all from gnu.org <http://gnu.org/>. >>> However, the problem I am explaining here became apparent to me before I >>> did the clean install but neither did these changes which were made for >>> unrelated reasons, solve the problem >>> >>> Attachment is below signature. Thanks for any suggestions. >>> >> Same as before except I got mixed up and did from display keyboard first, >> then did the control sequence on the other usb keyboard when it didn't work >> with the display, then did the sequence again with the usb keyboard >> including another working control sequence. >> >> -- >> Cheryl >> >> "Move forward by looking back! >> "Above all, fear the Lord >> and worship Him faithfully with all your heart; >> consider the great things He has done for you." >> (1 Samuel 12:24 (HCSB) >> >> <brltty-yosemite-ctrl-kbd.log> >> _______________________________________________ >> This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. >> To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty >> <http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty> > _______________________________________________ > 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
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