Dave Mielke <[email protected]> writes: > [quoted lines by Hermann on 2009/03/17 at 16:13 +0100] > >>during the last days I often had to use programs like alsamixer or the >>interface of aumix. >>I had to realize that those programs are hardly accessible with Brltty, >>so I have to switch to SBL in ordr to adjust my Alsa settings. >>Those programs use an attribute cursor, which is not recognized by >>Brltty. >>Another example is the Midnight Commander (mc). >>So what can a brltty user do to access these apps? Are there plans to >>extend brltty's features so that one can set attribute cursor settings? > > How do screen readers which support attribute cursors know which attribute > combination is being used as the cursor? That can be different for each > application.
They usually do it by defining the various attribute combinations in so called "profiles" and either switch profiles automatically based on the current screen content, or offer the user a way to switch between "profiles" on demand. Its really no rocket science. -- CYa, ⡍⠁⠗⠊⠕ | Debian Developer <URL:http://debian.org/> .''`. | Get my public key via finger mlang/[email protected] : :' : | 1024D/7FC1A0854909BCCDBE6C102DDFFC022A6B113E44 `. `' `- <URL:http://delysid.org/> <URL:http://www.staff.tugraz.at/mlang/> _______________________________________________ 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
