[BRLTTY] brltty 6.5 nvda python

Chevelle cstrobel at crosslink.net
Mon Oct 24 21:01:57 EDT 2022


     Ok, I understand now it is valid Windows syntax, but when I run the 
batch files they look for brltty.conf in //etc/brltty.conf.

I was trying to figure out why that is:  First I ran 'brlttycnf.exe'.  
Then 'run-brltty.bat'.

I get this log

2022-10-24 at 20:50:48.125 BRLTTY 6.5 rev BRLTTY-6.5+ [https://brltty.app/]
2022-10-24 at 20:50:48.145 Log Level: info
2022-10-24 at 20:50:48.145 Messages Locale: en_US
2022-10-24 at 20:50:48.145 Messages Domain: brltty
2022-10-24 at 20:50:48.145 Messages Directory: 
C:/user/brltty-win-6.5-0-libusb-1.0/brltty-win-6.5-0-libusb-1.0/bin/../share/locale
2022-10-24 at 20:50:48.145 Working Directory: 
C:\user\brltty-win-6.5-0-libusb-1.0\brltty-win-6.5-0-libusb-1.0
2022-10-24 at 20:50:48.145 Configuration File: //etc/brltty.conf
2022-10-24 at 20:50:48.145 Preferences File: brltty.prefs

On 10/24/2022 4:05 PM, Dave Mielke wrote:
> [quoted lines by Chevelle on 2022/10/24 at 15:26 -0400]
>
>> It is interesting that the batch files in the Windows release contain this
>> line.
>>
>> set programFolder=%~dp0
>>
>> It doesn't seem to be valid Windows syntax.  It doesn't appear to work on my
>> system.
> Yes, it's valid. It means the directory component of the path to the script.
>
>> Maybe what is intended is to get the current install directory.
>>
>> Perhaps it could say:
>>
>> set programFolder=%CD%
>>
>> 'CD' would be the current directory.
> No, that wouldn't be acceptabe. For example, it wouldn't work right if your current directory was somewhere else and you were invoking the script via its absolute path.
>


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