Update to brltty 6.5 (from 6.4). (dm)

Documents/ChangeLog

@@ -1,6 +1,74 @@
 Note: this file is in reversed chronological order (bottom to top).
 
 
+June 9, 2022:
+ - BRLTTY 6.5 released:
+   General changes:
+      Help (-h) output lines are now wrapped at the screen width (not at 79).
+      Parameter errors no longer prevent a driver from starting.
+      Word Wrap when using contracted braille has been fixed.
+      The Quiet setting can now be specified within brltty.conf.
+      In data files, \R now represents the Unicode replacement character.
+      Chord-6/8 now toggle between 6- and 8-dot computer braille.
+      Bindings for the Emacs editor have been added.
+      Bindings for the Lua language have been added.
+      An Arabic message catalog has been added.
+   Logging changes:
+      The ingio log category has been renamed to gio.
+      The bluetooth log category has been renamed to bt.
+      The hid log category has been added.
+   Baum braille driver changes:
+      The Orbit Reader 40 is now supported.
+   Canute braille driver changes:
+      Driver startup is now much faster.
+      Lines that haven't effectively changed are no longer rewritten.
+   HumanWare braille driver changes:
+      An easy way to revert to the legacy thumb key bindings has been added.
+      The newer models can now be used via Bluetooth on Linux.
+   Linux screen driver changes:
+      The WidecharPadding= parameter has been added.
+      The FixUnicodeSpaces= parameter has been renamed to RpiSpacesBug=.
+   AtSpi2 screen driver changes:
+      Control characters are now mapped to their corresponding special keys.
+      Brltty is now shut down if the driver fails to start.
+      The driver no longer crashes when the X server is shut down.
+   BrlAPI changes:
+      The version is now 0.8.4 (it was 0.8.3).
+      The permissions on local server sockets are now set correctly.
+      The cursor is now represented correctly when using six-dot cells.
+      Some locking issues have been resolved.
+      A text console can now create its own client session.
+   Text table changes:
+      The Russian (ru) table has been significantly updated.
+      The Arabic (ar) table has been significantly updated.
+      Typing when using the Arabic (ar) table now yields Arabic (not English) letters.
+      The input directive has been added.
+   Key table changes:
+      The +escaped character modifier has been added.
+   Udev changes:
+      The rules for customized and generic devices can now be installed separately.
+      The device and uinput rules can now be installed separately.
+      Filtering is now also done on the manufacturer and product strings.
+      Filtering on a parent hub's vendor/product identifiers is now supported.
+      A HID rules file has been added.
+      Symlinks for USB-connected devices are now in /dev/brltty/.
+   Linux changes:
+      Bluetooth HID is now supported.
+   Windows changes:
+      Brltty no longer crashes when started as a service.
+   Android changes:
+      Now targeting API level 30 and setting isAccessibilityTool.
+      The Actions screen now scrolls vertically.
+      Settings -> Accessibility -> BRLTTY -> Settings now goes to the Actions screen.
+      Arabic string translations have been added.
+   Tool changes:
+      brltty-clip now has better long options.
+      brltty-hid has been added.
+      brltty-ttysize has been added.
+      xbrlapi now ignores keyboard remapping errors from the X server.
+   Build changes:
+      The LD, STRIP, and RANLIB commands are no longer hard-coded.
+
 September 24, 2021:
  - BRLTTY 6.4 released:
    General changes:

Documents/Manual-BRLTTY/English/BRLTTY.sgml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <name>St�phane Doyon <tt><htmlurl url="mailto:s.doyon@videotron.ca" name="&lt;s.doyon@videotron.ca&gt;"></tt>
   <and>
     <name>Dave Mielke <tt><htmlurl url="mailto:dave@mielke.cc" name="&lt;dave@mielke.cc&gt;"></tt>
-  <date>Version 6.4, September 2021
+  <date>Version 6.5, June 2022
   <abstract>
     Copyright &copy; 1995-2022 by The BRLTTY Developers.
     BRLTTY is free software,

Documents/Manual-BRLTTY/French/BRLTTY.sgml

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
         <tt><htmlurl url="mailto:texou@accelibreinfo.eu" name="&lt;texou@accelibreinfo.eu&gt;"></tt>
       pour
         <tt><htmlurl url="http://www.traduc.org/" name="Traduc.org"></tt>
-  <date>Version 6.4, Septembre 2021
+  <date>Version 6.4, juin 2022
   <abstract>
     Copyright &copy; 1995-2022 by Les D�veloppeurs de BRLTTY.
     BRLTTY est un logiciel libre, et n'est fourni avec AUCUNE

Documents/brltty.1.in

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" This software is maintained by Dave Mielke <dave@mielke.cc>.
 .\"
-.TH "BRLTTY" "1" "September 2021" "@PACKAGE_TARNAME@ @PACKAGE_VERSION@" "@PACKAGE_NAME@ User's Manual"
+.TH "BRLTTY" "1" "June 2022" "@PACKAGE_TARNAME@ @PACKAGE_VERSION@" "@PACKAGE_NAME@ User's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 brltty \- refreshable braille display driver for Linux/Unix
 .SH SYNOPSIS

Documents/xbrlapi.1.in

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH "XBRLAPI" "1" "September 2021" "@api_name@ @api_release@" "@api_name@ User's Manual"
+.TH "XBRLAPI" "1" "June 2022" "@api_name@ @api_release@" "@api_name@ User's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 xbrlapi \- X11 BrlAPI helper for Linux/Unix
 .SH SYNOPSIS

README

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ BRLTTY is a background process (daemon) providing access to the Linux/Unix
 console (when in text mode) for a blind person using a refreshable braille
 display.
 
-Version 6.4, Sep 2021
+Version 6.5, Jun 2022
 
 Copyright (C) 1995-2022 by The BRLTTY Developers.
 

brltty.spec.in

@@ -728,124 +728,70 @@ rm -fr "${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}"
 
 
 %changelog
-* Fri Sep 24 2021 Dave Mielke <Dave@Mielke.cc> 6.4
+* Thu Jun 9 2022 Dave Mielke <Dave@Mielke.cc> 6.5
 General changes:
-   Dynamically changing the text table to auto now works.
-   The keyboard table can now be explicitly set to off.
-   Vertical scrolling for multi-line displays has been improved.
-   Trailing whitespace (except for the first one) is now trimmed when pasting.
-   The internationalization of date phrases has been improved.
-   Emoji using characters like the hash (#) or asterisk (*) are now ignored.
-Sliding braille window changes:
-   Cursor tracking always moves the window all the way to the left
-   if the whole line is short enough to fit on it.
-   Sliding the window triggers when the screen cursor moves to
-   (rather than beyond) the first/last cell of the text portion of the display.
-Contracted braille changes:
-   Contraction table support can no longer be excluded.
-   An internal contraction table can now be configured.
-   Contracted braille is automatically enabled on startup if:
-      The contraction table has been either specified or automatically selected.
-      The text table hasn't been either specified or automatically selected.
-   Cursor tracking has been improved.
-   Panning left when there are wide characters has been fixed.
-   A buffer overrun that occasionally caused a crash has been fixed.
-Preferences menu changes:
-   The autospeak settings have been moved into their own submenu.
-   Contracted Braille and 6-dot Computer Braille are now configured separately.
-   Blinking properties are now configured by period and percent visible
-   rather than by visible and invisible times.
-   The Space status field type has been added.
-   Three-digit status field types have been added.
-New navigation commands:
-   SAY_ALL: Speak the entire screen (SAY_ABOVE + SAY_BELOW).
-   LOWER and HIGHER: Adjust the speech pitch.
-   CONTRACTED: Toggle between contracted (on) and computer (off) braille.
-   COMPBRL6: Toggle between six- and eight-dot computer braille.
-   Chord-G (Space + dots 1245) is bound to the CONTRACTED toggle.
-Status summary (info line) changes:
-   Indicator character changes:
-      c: The screen cursor is being rendered.
-      s: The speech cursor is being rendered.
-      t: Cursor tracking is on.
-      u: The attributes underline is being rendered.
-      Braille display content:
-         6: six-dot computer braille
-         8: eight-dot computer braille
-         c: contracted braille
-         a: character attributes
-      Braille keyboard mode:
-         space: typing in text mode
-         b: typing in Unicode braille patterns mode
-         d: keyboard is disabled
-   Dot indicator changes:
-      Dot5: rendering the attributes underline (was cursor style)
-      Dot6: typing Unicode braille patterns (was blinking cursor)
-      Dot8: the keyboard is enabled (was sliding window)
-   Screen number when on a special screen:
-      f: frozen host screen
-      h: braille device or keyboard help screen
-      m: preferences menu
-New braille devices:
-   The NLS eReader from Zoomax.
-   The Brailliant BI 20X and 40X from Humanware.
-   The Active Braille S from Help Tech.
-FreedomScientific braille driver changes:
-   Focus models:
-      Many bindings for the front keys have been added.
-      Bindings for speech navigation have been added.
-HandyTech braille driver changes:
-   Version 1.3 of the Easy Braille's USB-HID firmware is now supported.
+   Help (-h) output lines are now wrapped at the screen width (not at 79).
+   Parameter errors no longer prevent a driver from starting.
+   Word Wrap when using contracted braille has been fixed.
+   The Quiet setting can now be specified within brltty.conf.
+   In data files, \R now represents the Unicode replacement character.
+   Chord-6/8 now toggle between 6- and 8-dot computer braille.
+   Bindings for the Emacs editor have been added.
+   Bindings for the Lua language have been added.
+   An Arabic message catalog has been added.
+Logging changes:
+   The ingio log category has been renamed to gio.
+   The bluetooth log category has been renamed to bt.
+   The hid log category has been added.
+Baum braille driver changes:
+   The Orbit Reader 40 is now supported.
+Canute braille driver changes:
+   Driver startup is now much faster.
+   Lines that haven't effectively changed are no longer rewritten.
 HumanWare braille driver changes:
-   The outer thumb keys now navigate up/down (used to be left/right).
-   The inner thumb keys now navigate left/right (used to be up/down).
-   Support for firmware version 1.1 of the newer models has been added.
+   An easy way to revert to the legacy thumb key bindings has been added.
+   The newer models can now be used via Bluetooth on Linux.
+Linux screen driver changes:
+   The WidecharPadding= parameter has been added.
+   The FixUnicodeSpaces= parameter has been renamed to RpiSpacesBug=.
+AtSpi2 screen driver changes:
+   Control characters are now mapped to their corresponding special keys.
+   Brltty is now shut down if the driver fails to start.
+   The driver no longer crashes when the X server is shut down.
 BrlAPI changes:
-   The version is now 0.8.3 (it was 0.8.2).
-   The current braille typing mode is now honoured.
-   Typing Unicode braille patterns has been fixed.
-   Server termination during initialization no longer hangs.
-   New client features:
-      Writes can be automatically padded/truncated (use negative region size).
-      The thread-safe brlapi_strerror_r() function.
-      The brlapi_sync() function.
-      The BRLAPI_PARAM_CLIENT_PRIORITY_DISABLE constant.
-   Security fixes:
-      Use fchmod (not chmod) to adjust local socket permissions.
-      The sticky bit is now set on the local sockets directory.
-Contraction table changes:
-   Locale-based autoselection (set to auto) is now supported.
-   A table for Russian (set to ru) has been added.
-   UEB (Unified English Braille) changes:
-      The Greek letters have been defined.
-      Some math symbols have been added.
-      Common accents are now supported - they are the
-      acute, cedilla, circumflex, diaeresis, grave, and ring.
-Android changes:
-   The four main architectures (arm/x86, 32/64 bits) are now supported.
-   BRLTTY is now an app on Google Play.
-   The Java BrlAPI client objects are now available via a Maven repository.
-   A customized brltty.conf can now be placed in the primary storage area.
-   The default contraction table has been changed to auto (from en-us-g2).
-   Rules specifying which data files should be backed up have been added.
-   Web page rendering changes:
-      Widget types are no longer unnecessarily shown.
-      Annotations for lists and list items have been added.
-      Link annotations no longer contain the link's URL.
-   The about application screen now contains:
-      BRLTTY's app version.
-      The version of the BrlAPI server.
-      The date and time of the build.
-      The repository revision of the source code.
-      A link to BRLTTY's privacy policy.
-      The link to BRLTTY's app page on Google Play.
-   Emulating F16 now logs the screen to a local file for developer debugging.
+   The version is now 0.8.4 (it was 0.8.3).
+   The permissions on local server sockets are now set correctly.
+   The cursor is now represented correctly when using six-dot cells.
+   Some locking issues have been resolved.
+   A text console can now create its own client session.
+Text table changes:
+   The Russian (ru) table has been significantly updated.
+   The Arabic (ar) table has been significantly updated.
+   Typing when using the Arabic (ar) table now yields Arabic (not English) letters.
+   The input directive has been added.
+Key table changes:
+   The +escaped character modifier has been added.
+Udev changes:
+   The rules for customized and generic devices can now be installed separately.
+   The device and uinput rules can now be installed separately.
+   Filtering is now also done on the manufacturer and product strings.
+   Filtering on a parent hub's vendor/product identifiers is now supported.
+   A HID rules file has been added.
+   Symlinks for USB-connected devices are now in /dev/brltty/.
+Linux changes:
+   Bluetooth HID is now supported.
 Windows changes:
-   The .csv files have been added to the etc/ directory of the archive.
-New command line options:
-   --autospeak-threshold=<screen-content-quality>
-Configure changes:
-   The --disable-contracted-braille option has been removed.
-   The --with-contraction-table option has been added.
-   The --without-contraction-table option has been added.
+   Brltty no longer crashes when started as a service.
+Android changes:
+   Now targeting API level 30 and setting isAccessibilityTool.
+   The Actions screen now scrolls vertically.
+   Settings -> Accessibility -> BRLTTY -> Settings now goes to the Actions screen.
+   Arabic string translations have been added.
+Tool changes:
+   brltty-clip now has better long options.
+   brltty-hid has been added.
+   brltty-ttysize has been added.
+   xbrlapi now ignores keyboard remapping errors from the X server.
+Build changes:
+   The LD, STRIP, and RANLIB commands are no longer hard-coded.
 

configure.ac

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 ###############################################################################
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.64])
-AC_INIT([BRLTTY], [6.4], [BRLTTY@brltty.app], [brltty], [https://brltty.app/])
+AC_INIT([BRLTTY], [6.5], [BRLTTY@brltty.app], [brltty], [https://brltty.app/])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([Programs/brltty.c])
 
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([PACKAGE_COPYRIGHT], ["${copyright}"],
 
 AC_SUBST([api_major], [0])
 AC_SUBST([api_minor], [8])
-AC_SUBST([api_revision], [3])
+AC_SUBST([api_revision], [4])
 
 AC_SUBST([api_name], [BrlAPI])
 AC_SUBST([api_version], [${api_major}.${api_minor}])