Re: [BRLTTY] Restarting brltty via .path service
Yeah, brltty.path did it. - Original Message - From: Dave Mielke To: "Informal discussion between users and developers of BRLTTY." Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2023 05:27:23 -0400 Subject: Re: [BRLTTY] Restarting brltty via .path service > [quoted lines by Rob Hudson on 2023/10/12 at 20:58 -0500] > > >/usr/lib/systemd/system/brltty.path > >/usr/lib/systemd/system/brltty@.path > > But you said you used the unit name brltty@path.service. That name doesn't > make sense. Check README.Systemd for the details. > > Are you using /etc/brltty.conf? If so, the unit name you probably want to use > is brltty.path. > > -- > 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: d...@mielke.cc | 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: BRLTTY@brltty.app > For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty > ___ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@brltty.app For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty
Re: [BRLTTY] Restarting brltty via .path service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/brltty.path /usr/lib/systemd/system/brltty@.path - Original Message - From: Dave Mielke To: "Informal discussion between users and developers of BRLTTY." Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2023 18:29:47 -0400 Subject: Re: [BRLTTY] Restarting brltty via .path service > [quoted lines by Rob Hudson on 2023/10/12 at 15:14 -0500] > > >I have a display connected via USB to serial, so brltty is invoked with > >brltty@path.service. > > How are you coming up with that name? Why the @path? > > -- > 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: d...@mielke.cc | 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: BRLTTY@brltty.app > For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty > ___ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@brltty.app For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty
[BRLTTY] Restarting brltty via .path service
I have a display connected via USB to serial, so brltty is invoked with brltty@path.service. But how do you restart that? If I try, I get: Failed to restart brltty@path.service: Operation refused, unit brltty@path.service may be requested by dependency only (it is configured to refuse manual start/stop). Thanks. ___ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@brltty.app For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty
Re: [BRLTTY] Slightly OT: airport security and braille displays
I sure haven't. They look at it and don't' really ask me anything though. Just part of the whole rigmarole nowadays. - Original Message - From: "Keith Wessel" To: Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2023 10:55:03 -0500 Subject: [BRLTTY] Slightly OT: airport security and braille displays > Hi, all, > > Apologies for a slightly off-topic posting, but I figured a community of > braille display users might be a good place to ask. > > I often take my braille display with me when I travel by air, carrying it on > the plane with me. Every time I go through TSA airport security here in the > U.S., my display seems to get flagged for inspection by the TSA agents. It's > not a big deal. They check it out to make sure it's nothing that shouldn't > go on the plane, ask a couple questions, then send me and my display on my > way. It's just a mildly inconvenient delay for me and extra work for them. > Don't get me wrong; I'm glad they're doing their job and checking out an > unfamiliar object. > > This has happened with both a focus 80 and Focus 40. I often travel with one > or the other. I used to leave the Focus 40 in my backpack, but that just > lead to my whole backpack being flagged. > > Has anyone figured out a smooth way to get a braille display through airport > security? > > Thanks, > Keith > > > ___ > This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. > To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@brltty.app > For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty > ___ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@brltty.app For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty
Re: [BRLTTY] Focus Keyboard not working
Also, does the device work on windows or another operating system? - Original Message - From: Michael Keithley To: brltty@brltty.app Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2023 16:44:06 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [BRLTTY] Focus Keyboard not working > If you're using a USB cable, you might want to try another one. > > - Original Message - > From: Life in Six Dots > Date: 07/15/2023 05:40 > To: "'Informal discussion between users and developers of BRLTTY.'" > > Subject: Re: [BRLTTY] Focus Keyboard not working > > Thanks for the suggest Adrian, all lines are commented out. But I still > can't get the braille display to input or use it for navigation. Currently > running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS so I can't test the Brailliant BI 40X. It's the > only issue I am experiencing I can't see it being a hardware issue, and all > the drivers have been installed. No issues with any other peripheral > devices. Paul > -Original Message- > From: BRLTTY On Behalf Of Adrian van Bloois > Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2023 1:26 PM > To: Informal discussion between users and developers of BRLTTY. > > Subject: Re: [BRLTTY] Focus Keyboard not working > Hi Paul, > I just checked, I have ALL lines in /etc/brltty.conf commented out. > I have the Alva and the FS drivers compiled in and this configuration > brltty is self determining which driver to load. > So my suggestion: since your version has probably all drivers compiled in > let brltty self determine what to do. > So comment out all lines in /etc/brltty.conf and I mean ALL!!! > It's worth a try it works here. > > On Sat, Jul 15, 2023 at 01:03:59PM +0100, Life in Six Dots wrote: > > Hello Adrian, > > > > You could be right as I have done a clean install of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, > > Ubuntu 23.04, and Debian 12 and I have the same issue. Ubuntu 22.04 > > LTS is running BRLTTY 6.4 while the other two 6.5. > > > > I'll double check my drivers first. > > > > Paul > > > > -Original Message- > > From: BRLTTY On Behalf Of Adrian van > > Bloois > > Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2023 12:38 PM > > To: Informal discussion between users and developers of BRLTTY. > > > > Subject: Re: [BRLTTY] Focus Keyboard not working > > > > On Sat, Jul 15, 2023 at 11:58:09AM +0100, Life in Six Dots wrote: > > > I have done a clean install of Debian (latest version) this morning > > > and experiencing the same problem as I did with Ubuntu 23.04. No > > > input from the braille keyboard. It's quite frustrating. > > I know, when mine was deliverd earlier this year it was a DOA. > > Ik had to wait 3 weeks before an engeneer came a logn to fix it. It > > was sent by postal delivery and they are sometimes a bit rude with > > packages so some connection was broken. It was fixed very quickly and > works fine ever since. > > So my guess is that you have a hardware problem and you should call in > > an engeneer to fix it. > > > > > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: BRLTTY On Behalf Of Life in Six > > > Dots > > > Sent: Friday, July 14, 2023 11:42 AM > > > To: 'Informal discussion between users and developers of BRLTTY.' > > > > > > Subject: Re: [BRLTTY] Focus Keyboard not working > > > > > > I have been trying different commands. Some work. Some don't. For > > > example, I can press dots 1-2-4-5-8 and chord to change to a > > > contracted table but I can't press dots 1-2-4-5-7 and chord to > > > change to uncontracted. Dots 2-6 and chord for escape doesn't work. > > > Still no > > input from the keyboard. > > > > > > I have excuted the following sysctl command: > > > > > > sysctl dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti=1 > > > > > > The output was: dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti = 1 > > > > > > Are there any other sysctl commands I can try? > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: BRLTTY On Behalf Of Life in Six > > > Dots > > > Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2023 9:02 PM > > > To: 'Informal discussion between users and developers of BRLTTY.' > > > > > > Subject: Re: [BRLTTY] Focus Keyboard not working > > > > > > Hello Dave, > > > > > > I cannot perform any commands on the braille keyboard. I've tried > > > four different displays (all different models and makes). All with > > > the same result. No matter what combination I press, I get no response. > > > > > > What I want is to be able to say change my table using a standard > > > keyboard such as switching from NABCC to UEB in terminal as I cannot > > > do that at the moment using a perkins keyboard on the display it is > > > completely unresponsive. For example I would like to perform, as I > > > would on a Focus Blue using the commands dots 12458 and chord or > > > 12347 and chord, to switch between uncontracted and contracted using > > > a standard keyboard, since I cannot do unable to do this as the > > > commands don't currently work on any braille display. > > > > > > Basically, no Chord + dot combination work. Not one single command. > > > > > > It might not be a bug with BRLTTY per se, but it is a bug in Ubuntu > > > 23.04,
Re: [BRLTTY] Cursor routing not longer working with kernel 6.3 on Debian testing
You need to set dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti=1 in /etc/sysctl.conf - Original Message - From: Elias Oltmanns To: Christian Schoepplein Cc: debian-accessibil...@lists.debian.org, BRLTTY@brltty.app Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2023 16:57:32 +0200 Subject: Re: [BRLTTY] Cursor routing not longer working with kernel 6.3 on Debian testing > Hi Schoepp, > > apparently, all keypresses emulated by BRLTTY show no reaction. This is > on Manjaro (Arch Linux derivative), Kernel version 6.3.5 and BRLTTY 6.5. > Since I am on Kernel version 6.1 regularly, I booted into 6.3 only now > to double check. Indeed, everything works as usual under 6.1 but neither > cursor routing nor keyboard input via the braille display work under > kernel version 6.3. > > Not much to offer by way of explanation yet, I'm afraid, since I haven't > got time to investigate right now. But I am definitely interested in > helping to fix this and open for suggestions where to start poking. > > Cheers, > > Elias > > > On 2023-06-23 at 16:37:45 (+0200), Christian Schoepplein > wrote: > > Hi, > > I am using Debian testing and today the kernel was updated to > > linux-image 6.3. Since this update the cursorrouting is not working > > anymore in the pure text console. In the graphical environment (Mate) > > and also in the settings menu of brltty the cursorrouting keys are > > working and everything is OK. > > > > If the system is booted with the previous 6.1 kernel everything is > > working again without problems. > > > > Is this a known issue with kernel 6.3? Are other users using the 6.3 > > kernel and have the same problems or can this be related to my system? > > What can cause this issue? > > > > Ciao and thanks for any hint, > > > > Schoepp > > > > > ___ > This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. > To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@brltty.app > For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty > ___ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@brltty.app For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty
Re: [BRLTTY] Reliable braille display hardware?
Don't they take three seconds to refresh though? - Original Message - From: To: "'Informal discussion between users and developers of BRLTTY.'" Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2023 13:51:48 -0400 Subject: Re: [BRLTTY] Reliable braille display hardware? > I agree with this. I have one of the early orbits 20 and orbit 40. The > orbit 20 is in the first 600 units made in 2016. It is still working fine. > The Orbit 40 was also one of the first off the line and it is still working > fine. > > -Original Message- > From: BRLTTY On Behalf Of Brian Buhrow > Sent: Friday, June 23, 2023 12:33 PM > To: Informal discussion between users and developers of BRLTTY. > > Subject: Re: [BRLTTY] Reliable braille display hardware? > > Hello. I've used many displays over the years. Most suffer from > weak or broken dots after a short time, if not other issues. Six years ago, > I bought two Orbit Reader 20's. > Except for a battery issue with one of them, I've had no hardware trouble > with them what so ever! They have traveled with me around the globe and > I've used them extensively over the years. For pure hardware reliability, > they've been the best I've ever seen. Contrast that with the Hims Smart > Beetle, which I bought just before the Orbits. With very little use, I've > experienced weak and missing dots with it. > > Hope that helps. > -Brian > ___ > This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. > To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@brltty.app For general > information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty > > ___ > This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. > To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@brltty.app > For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty > ___ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@brltty.app For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty
Re: [BRLTTY] Keyboard tables
Thanks, I found them in /usr/share/brltty/Input/ts - Original Message - From: Adrian van Bloois To: "Informal discussion between users and developers of BRLTTY." Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2023 12:31:30 +0200 Subject: Re: [BRLTTY] Keyboard tables > On Tue, Apr 18, 2023 at 05:16:13AM -0500, Rob Hudson wrote: > > Where are device specific keyboard tables stored? I want to swap around > > some of the buttons on my new PowerBraille display so that the left buttons > > move the display to the left and right instead of the right hand buttons. > Within the source tree you can find: > Tables/Input/TWO-LETTER > The TWO-LETTER is a directory specific to your brand, al=alva e.g. and FS > =FreedomScientific e.g. in my cases. > You'll find *.ktb and *.kti files in there which discribe you display. > The easiest way to handle this is make an my.kti and include that to the > main configfile usually common.ktb. > Recompile and there you are. > > > Thanks. > > ___ > > This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. > > To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@brltty.app > > For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty > > -- > Adri P. van Bloois > > > It's never too late for early music!!! > > > > ___ > This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. > To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@brltty.app > For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty > ___ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@brltty.app For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty
[BRLTTY] Keyboard tables
Where are device specific keyboard tables stored? I want to swap around some of the buttons on my new PowerBraille display so that the left buttons move the display to the left and right instead of the right hand buttons. Thanks. ___ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@brltty.app For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty
[BRLTTY] Refresh Bluetooth Connection on Android
I have a braille sense that I use as a display on linux via USB and on android via bluetooth. If I disconnect the bluetooth the only way for me to get it back is to restart the phone. Is there a quicker way to re establish the connection? ___ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@brltty.app For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty
Re: [BRLTTY] the Brltty input service
Dave Mielke wrote: > No, by Google design. If any app could arbitrarily set the input service then > a bad app could set the input service to something that'd be able to spy on > what you're typing. That's kind of what I thought. Just wanted to check. > Exactly because of that, brltty makes it much easier to change the input > service. You'll find an Accessibility button at the right end of the > navigation bar (where BACK, Home, and Overview are). If you tap that button > you'll go to brltty's Actions screen. The very top item on that screen is > Switch Input Service. Ah, I see it. I rarely go to that bar. Thanks for pointing it out. ___ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@brltty.app For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty
[BRLTTY] the Brltty input service
Would it be possible to have the app set the input service on android when you select it from the configurator. Otherwise, you set brltty input service to active, and then have to go through a bunch of settings layers to get into language and input and set default input service on the phone/tablet itself. Can this be automatically done by the Brltty app? ___ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@brltty.app For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty
[BRLTTY] Incompatible Bluetooth dongles
There are a seemingly a plethora of USB bluetooth dongles out there. Are there any models I should not get for use with linux? Are there any I should be aware of with regards to BRLTTY compatibility problems? ___ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@brltty.app For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty
Re: [BRLTTY] BRLTTY does not work in emergency shell
Dave Mielke wrote: > Maybe it had to do with whatever problem dropped your system into emergency > mode. > > Another possibility is that the volumes are usually initially mounted > read-only in emergency mode. It should work but maybe something new is > getting in the way. That's possible. I'm not sure what it would be or how to trace it out, because I did not have any eyeballs around to read the screen. The problem volumes were storage volumes and not the main / device. > >I could not even start it manually by typing brltty at (what I assumed) was > >the command prompt. > > What error message(s) did you get? I'm not sure, because as stated above I did not have eyes to read it. I'm just curious to wonder if anything changed in brltty's execution/startup that would make it unable to start in such a circumstance. ___ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@brltty.app For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty
[BRLTTY] BRLTTY does not work in emergency shell
BRLTTY 6.3 on arch linux. The other day there was a problem with some of my fs mounts, and I was kicked into emergency shell. I am uncertain of when this change took place, but BRLTTY no longer works there, although it did last year. I have made no changes to the BRLTTY default arch package. I could not even start it manually by typing brltty at (what I assumed) was the command prompt. And of course, I could not ssh in due to there being no network in emergency shell mode. What changed in BRLTTY to cause it to stop working in emergency shell? ___ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@brltty.app For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty
[BRLTTY] Using the QBraille
Operating system: arch. BRLTTY 6.3. I have here a Hims QBraille. When I connect it via USB to the computer I get a keyboard, but no braille output. Is there some trick to using this thing with BRLTTY? ___ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@brltty.app For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty
Re: [BRLTTY] After upgrade, pref menu broken
Dave Mielke wrote: > That's always a bad idea, though I can understand you wanting to try it. > Please put it bacfk to what it should be - rw-rw (so read and write to > the brltty user and group, but nothing to others). That's what it was originally. Which is why I tried changing the mode to open it up. /var/lib/brltty is already owned by brltty:brltty What else can I try? ___ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@brltty.app For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty
Re: [BRLTTY] After upgrade, pref menu broken
Dave Mielke wrote: > Then it's a permissions problem for sure. To pass -L/path/to/logfile to the > systemd instance, speciy it within your /etc/brltty.conf file. For example: >log-file /path/to/logfile Sure enough, it's a permissions thing: 2021-05-10@07:56:49.120 [brltty] cannot open file: /var/lib/brltty/brltty.prefs: Permission denied 2021-05-10@07:56:49.120 [brltty] no primary override directory -rwxrwxrwx 1 brltty brltty 5238 May 9 21:26 brltty.prefs So even setting it to wide open wouldn't let brltty open it. ___ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@brltty.app For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty
Re: [BRLTTY] After upgrade, pref menu broken
Dave Mielke wrote: > [quoted lines by Rob Hudson on 2021/05/09 at 17:36 -0500] > > >With which log categories do I need to start up brltty. > > For your case, none because we're looking for an error. Ok, new wrinkle. If I start brltty with systemctl, I get that "not saved" when exiting preferences. If I just start it by typing brltty at root prompt, everything works as expected. ___ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@brltty.app For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty
Re: [BRLTTY] After upgrade, pref menu broken
Dave Mielke wrote: > The log should contain the actual error. With which log categories do I need to start up brltty. ___ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@brltty.app For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty
Re: [BRLTTY] After upgrade, pref menu broken
Alexander Epaneshnikov wrote: actually you need to change prefs file permission too. if it doesn't help, you need to provide logs. -rw-r--r-- 1 brltty brltty 5057 Oct 6 2020 brltty.prefs ___ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@brltty.app For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty
Re: [BRLTTY] After upgrade, pref menu broken
Alexander Epaneshnikov wrote: > what's happening? Permissions problem? > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5057 Oct 6 2020 ./lib/brltty/brltty.prefs > Thanks. > i think yes. try to change it to brltty brltty. Still says "not saved" when exiting preferences. ___ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@brltty.app For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty
[BRLTTY] After upgrade, pref menu broken
Brltty 6.3 on arch linux. If I set hte preferences menu to "save on exit: yes" And then exit the preferences menu, the braille display flashes "not saved" what's happening? Permissions problem? -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5057 Oct 6 2020 ./lib/brltty/brltty.prefs Thanks. ___ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@brltty.app For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty
Re: [BRLTTY] Custom key bindings
Could it be a permissions issue? Usually when config files aren't being read, that's the first thing I check. - Original Message - From: Vincent Le Goff To: "Informal discussion between users and developers of BRLTTY." Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2020 14:35:38 +0100 Subject: [BRLTTY] Custom key bindings > Hi, and sincere apologies, I know this has been answered many, many times on this list and David is probably not happy about yet a new message on this topic, but I can't seem to find the proper process. I've finally acquired a small computer running Linux, have installed BRLTTY (5.6) and now am trying to connect my ActiveBraille (HandyTech). All is working as expected... except that I don't really like the default key bindings of the Handytech driver. No worry! I had saved the 'rockers.kti' file to my Dropbox, because I felt I would need it. So thoughtful! This was a modified version of the file found in 'Tables/Input/ht/rockers.kti' on the BRLTTY main branch. Hu, where to place this modified file? So I looked up readme.customize and found that I needed to place the file in /etc/xdg/brltty. Just like that? So I wrote the file in /etc/xdg/brltty/rockers.kti, rebooted my little computer and... well, my old key binding file didn't work. Pressing on most keys on the Braille display didn't have any impact. What was wrong? I decided to just place the current version of rockers.kti in /etc/xdg/brltty/rockers.kti and then update it a little at a time. So I placed the default file with default configuration, rebotted and... and it was pretty much the same thing. The only way to go back to the default setting was to remove the file /etc/xdg/brltty/rockers.kti altogether. I thought I remembered I had to create some sub-directories last time, so I tried to replicate the path BRLTTY was looking for, writing a /etc/xdg/brltty/Input/ht/rockers.kti file (I skipped the 'Tables' directory, I thought it wasn't important). The file now is ignored, as is probably not surprising. Am I missing something obvious? Thanks in advance, Vincent ___ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@brltty.app For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty ___ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@brltty.app For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty
Re: [BRLTTY] BRLTTY and continious reading of E-books
Somebody on list did a program called Less with Bookmarks that does all this. No idea where hehe went or what became of the program. - Original Message - From: "Sergei V. Fleytin" To: Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2020 14:46:16 +0300 Subject: [BRLTTY] BRLTTY and continious reading of E-books > Hello, > > > > I remember this topic to be discussed many years ago, but, perhaps, there > are some news about which I have missed. > > > > I wonder if there is a way of convenient reading of e-text in Linux console. > I know that you can use editors VIM or Emacs, which both have read only mode > and ability to place bookmarks in the texts. But it would be nice if we had > a simple app with the following features: > > > > 1.Possibility of reading long texts with Braille device just by > pressing panning buttons without a need to go to the next or previous page > when we reach the bottom or top of screen. > 2.Ability to automatically save last reading position so that we could > easily resume reading of the last book. Ideally it would be great if we > could have it for a number of file we open with such utility. > 3.Ability to place bookmarks for the particular book so that we could > later go to the place we saved. > 4.Simple searching capability. > > Since BRLTTY has built in help capability which allows reading with panning > buttons I suspect that such an app may be possible. If there is no separate > solution, then maybe it would be possible to add this feature in BRLTTY > itself? > > > > > > Ñ óâàæåíèåì > > Ñåðãåé Ôëåéòèí > > > > With best regards > > Sergei Fleytin > > > > > ___ > This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. > To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@brltty.app > For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty > ___ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@brltty.app For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty
