K_TTY keystroke interpreter for Linux / News: Recent posts

After a long wait (not least for a kernel bug to get fixed) version 2.1.8 has finally been released on sourceforge.

It's been a long time since 2.1.7, and lots of changes have been made. Some minor oddities, so there is still the "alpha" label on 2.1.8, but on the other hand I've been using it for work-critical data entry for over 3 months now.

Lots of new functionality and some serious bugs fixed, so it dosn't seem fair to keep it all to myself and CVS users.

Bringing with it a number of bug fixes, a new, more-convenient compiled file format and many other enhancements, K_TTY 2.1.6 has been a long time coming, but now its here.

K_TTY (Keyman style interpreter for Linux) version 2.1.4 is now
released on sourceforge. http://sourceforge.net/projects/ktty

New in this release are:

* configure script (care of GNU autoconf): checks for missing things; looks for kernel source in a few different places; allows for more flexible build environment and different install directories; has a flag to change the line discipline.
* Option (to configure) of excluding /proc interface (possibly needed on older kernels)
* Option (to configure) of starting module in "retreating" mode rather than the default "aggressive" mode (in which all (re)opened ttys become K_TTY ttys by default).
* kttyswitch tries to determine mode of driver, and thus get "on" and "off" round the right way. Otherwise it makes a guess based on selected compilation options.
* ChangeLog file.... read more