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| author | Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> | 2015-10-18 17:03:44 +0000 |
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| committer | Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> | 2015-10-18 17:03:44 +0000 |
| commit | 7784b203dfc14b80c85d7c0511ea52cf5ec7f081 (patch) | |
| tree | 530e79e66bfcf752229e8b2a6ee7dc88c1748a96 /en | |
| parent | 2eafdbf38ba5c3cb3206f0be0cff66c7cff8bdb8 (diff) | |
| download | installation-guide-7784b203dfc14b80c85d7c0511ea52cf5ec7f081.zip | |
Document the fourth bootline parameter of brltty.
Diffstat (limited to 'en')
| -rw-r--r-- | en/boot-installer/accessibility.xml | 12 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/en/boot-installer/accessibility.xml b/en/boot-installer/accessibility.xml index 976f4903a..c590aef96 100644 --- a/en/boot-installer/accessibility.xml +++ b/en/boot-installer/accessibility.xml @@ -57,17 +57,21 @@ url="&url-brltty-driver-help;"><classname>brltty</classname> website</ulink>. Serial braille displays cannot safely be automatically detected (since that may damage some of them). You thus need to append the -<userinput>brltty=<replaceable>driver</replaceable>,<replaceable>port</replaceable>,<replaceable>table</replaceable></userinput> -boot parameter to tell <classname>brltty</classname> which driver it +<userinput>brltty=<replaceable>driver</replaceable>,<replaceable>port</replaceable></userinput> +boot parameter to tell <classname>brltty</classname> which driver and port it should use. <replaceable>driver</replaceable> should be replaced by the two-letter driver code for your terminal (see the <ulink url="&url-brltty-manual;">BRLTTY manual</ulink>). <replaceable>port</replaceable> should be replaced by the name of the serial port the display is connected to, <userinput>ttyS0</userinput> is -the default, <userinput>ttyUSB0</userinput> can be typically used when using a serial-to-USB converter. <replaceable>table</replaceable> is the name of the +the default, <userinput>ttyUSB0</userinput> can be typically used when using a serial-to-USB converter. +A third parameter can be provided, to choose the name of the braille table to be used (see the <ulink url="&url-brltty-manual;">BRLTTY manual</ulink>); the English table is the default. Note that the table can -be changed later by entering the preference menu. Documentation on key +be changed later by entering the preference menu. A fourth parameter +can be provided to pass parameters to the braille driver, such as +<userinput>protocol=foo</userinput> which is needed for some rare models. +Documentation on key bindings for braille devices is available on the <ulink url="&url-brltty-driver-help;"><classname>brltty</classname> website</ulink>. |