Module BrlAPIDevice

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This device provides the braille interface to brlapi (brltty)

Authors:: Scott Haeger, Martina Weicht

Organizations:

IBM Corporation
IT Science Center Ruegen gGmbH, Germany

Copyright:

License:

The BSD License
The BSD License
All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the terms of the BSD license which accompanies this distribution, and is available at http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php

Classes

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BrlAPIStyle
Overrides the base Braille.BrailleStyle class.

BrlAPIDevice
Braille output via Brlapi interface.

Functions

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string

_keyCodeToKeyName(command)
Gets the name of the given key code by using the brlapi's module dictionary to lookup its command value and return its command name.

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Variables

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__uie__ = dict(kind= 'device')

integer MAX_KEY_CHORD = 1
brlapi only handles a key press event, thus making chords impossible.

TTY = 7

log = logging.getLogger('BrlAPIDevice')

Function Details

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_keyCodeToKeyName(command)

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Gets the name of the given key code by using the brlapi's module dictionary to lookup its command value and return its command name. If the code is not known, an empty string is returned.

Parameters:

command (integer) - Hardware keycode command

Returns: string

Name of the key

Note: brlapi delivers commands in the tuple (type, command, argument, flags)

Variables Details

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MAX_KEY_CHORD

brlapi only handles a key press event, thus making chords impossible. All key events coming back from braille devices are abstacted by brlapi to a single key_cmd.

Type:: integer

Value: