Mario, The program will have to use console mode first, and then be ported to X, or rahter, Gnome. John On Mon, 16 Sep 2002, Mario Lang wrote: > "John J. Boyer" <director@chpi.org> writes: > > > Is there a Linux program which implements six-key entry, that is, uses the > > sdfjkl keys as a Braillewriter keyboard? > > AFAIK, no. > > > Is there a dos program with this feature which is open-source? > > hmm, even if it existed, I don't think you could reuse > alot of code. First question would be, is this targeted for X, or > console usage? In X, it may probably be quite easy. > In the console, you'll have to switch the keyboard into > raw-mode first, and that means your program will only work > on a local console. > > >From there, it should be really trivial, given a braille->ascii and vice-versa > table. > > -- Computers to Help People, Inc. http://www.chpi.org 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703 _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list