> <<Does the Braille Edge have a braille or a qwerty keyboard?>> Braille > keyboard.
<<<Do you mean the up and down arrows on the Braille Edge's keyboard? > > >>> Yes. <<<What about the left and right arrows on its keyboard?>>> The program does not interpret left or right arrows, only up and down. <<<I think I'm not understanding. When you use the up and down arrows, wouldn't > you expect to be moving to new lines?>>> Yes that is what we expect however > although this happens in Nano it does not happen in our program. <<<Is the program you're referring to using BrlAPI?>>> Now, perhaps we should? How do we understand accepting keys via Is the program you're referring to using BrlAPI?? > On Sep 2, 2016, at 2:53 AM, Dave Mielke <[email protected]> wrote: > > [quoted lines by Kevin Fjelsted on 2016/09/02 at 00:07 -0500] > >> We are using a Raspberry PI with BRLTTY installed connected to a HIMS >> Braille >> Edge. > > Does the Braille Edge have a braille or a qwerty keyboard? > >> If we use an editor such as Nano the up and down arrows work fine on the >> display moving through the lines. The cursor routing buttons also permit >> moving the cursor horizontally in either direction on a line so that full >> editing is functional. > > Do you mean the up and down arrows on the Braille Edge's keyboard? > > What about the left and right arrows on its keyboard? > >> However we are working with another program which presents one line to the >> display and when we move up or down via the arrows on the keyboard it >> presents >> a new line. > > I think I'm not understanding. When you use the up and down arrows, wouldn't > you expect to be moving to new lines? > > Is the program you're referring to using BrlAPI? If so, perhaps the problem > is > in how it (your program) is interpreting the Braille Edge's arrow keys. > >> In this case the up and won arrow on the Edge, do not behave the same way as >> the arrows on the keyboard. > > How are they different? > > Are you saying that the job of the keyboard arrows, when running this > program, > is to change which single line is being presented to the braille display? > > Is the problem, then, that the Braille Edge's up and down arrows aren't > performing this same line changing, but, rather, are still moving up and down > the screen? > >> What terminal type does the Braille Edge appear to the system as? > > Standard arrow key escape sequences are being presented to the system. On > Linux > it's even more accurate because standard keyboard key codes for them are > being > injected. > > Have you remapped your keyboard's key layout in any way? > > Does the program send an escape sequence on startup to switch the keyboard to > alternate keypad mode, and then watch for the alternate escape sequences? > > -- > 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.org/ > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
