[quoted lines by Rob on 2019/01/04 at 15:00 -0600] >So, in essence, there's nothing really we can do to make it work.
For HIMS qwerty, yes. I can only guess, but suspect that they may have made their decisions on this kind of stuff based on NVDA - i.e. on what they observed being done on Windows. NVDA, as I understand it, uses six-dot literary braille as translated via LibLouis. This's fine, of course, but it means that issues pertaining to eight-dot computer braille were probably not considered. >It seems kind of a shame, because you have to lift your hands off the display >to do things. But, I guess, braille displays were not initially designed for >such efficiency. The protocols therefore do not allow for such key codes to be >sent, because, hey, it's a braille device and thus should send braille dots. >That makes sense from a design standpoint, but kind of not fun from a user >standpoint. Not exactly. Many braille displays handle qwerty keyboards much better. The best, in my opinion, is when they simply send the raw key events to the driver because that allows brltty to put it altogether properly. So, the bottom line is to not give up on braille displays getting qwerty modifiers right just becuase one (or a few) don't get it right. Many do. A note to any braille display manufacturers who just might be monitoring this list: In my opinion: Keyboards, be they braille or qwerty, which send characters, be they text or dot combinations, rather than key events are also causing problems because they don't allow their users to configure host-defined keyboard layouts. -- 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: [email protected] | 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: [email protected] For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty
