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<h1>Driver-Specific modes</h1>
<p>Raw and Suspend Modes mechanism.  
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<tr><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">int BRLAPI_STDCALL&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="group__brlapi__driverspecific.html#gad636a35db7cf7b2eaa67e6bd6d166a95">brlapi_enterRawMode</a> (const char *driver)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">int BRLAPI_STDCALL&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="group__brlapi__driverspecific.html#ga5a0244346b4f859e14521afef6a91664">brlapi__enterRawMode</a> (<a class="el" href="group__brlapi__handles.html#ga57f2aec62b18f8aefea2ab550744b0c1">brlapi_handle_t</a> *handle, const char *driver)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">int BRLAPI_STDCALL&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="group__brlapi__driverspecific.html#ga9eb1166b438ea8bc0c6dc9b38c3b083e">brlapi_leaveRawMode</a> (void)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">int BRLAPI_STDCALL&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="group__brlapi__driverspecific.html#ga29c7743faa13515a1624bd8be8c5a64b">brlapi__leaveRawMode</a> (<a class="el" href="group__brlapi__handles.html#ga57f2aec62b18f8aefea2ab550744b0c1">brlapi_handle_t</a> *handle)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">ssize_t BRLAPI_STDCALL&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="group__brlapi__driverspecific.html#gaa8eaa8778257fcddfe06190ba7b9abc8">brlapi_sendRaw</a> (const void *buffer, size_t size)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">ssize_t BRLAPI_STDCALL&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="group__brlapi__driverspecific.html#ga520c2340bfba0b08e18831f778a056e1">brlapi__sendRaw</a> (<a class="el" href="group__brlapi__handles.html#ga57f2aec62b18f8aefea2ab550744b0c1">brlapi_handle_t</a> *handle, const void *buffer, size_t size)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">ssize_t BRLAPI_STDCALL&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="group__brlapi__driverspecific.html#gaff4acf20bdbca4bf2d00e38385480178">brlapi_recvRaw</a> (void *buffer, size_t size)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">ssize_t BRLAPI_STDCALL&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="group__brlapi__driverspecific.html#gab4c95e41767ba67d13f72049a85898dc">brlapi__recvRaw</a> (<a class="el" href="group__brlapi__handles.html#ga57f2aec62b18f8aefea2ab550744b0c1">brlapi_handle_t</a> *handle, void *buffer, size_t size)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">int BRLAPI_STDCALL&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="group__brlapi__driverspecific.html#gaf8f3c595385588c557ee168ece7ec9f9">brlapi_suspendDriver</a> (const char *driver)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">int BRLAPI_STDCALL&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="group__brlapi__driverspecific.html#ga85b90b4b07b15e6784df102058faf888">brlapi__suspendDriver</a> (<a class="el" href="group__brlapi__handles.html#ga57f2aec62b18f8aefea2ab550744b0c1">brlapi_handle_t</a> *handle, const char *driver)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">int BRLAPI_STDCALL&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="group__brlapi__driverspecific.html#ga06d97a714703c593ec543e0cba6070ff">brlapi_resumeDriver</a> (void)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top">int BRLAPI_STDCALL&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="group__brlapi__driverspecific.html#ga353389dd0c2cbe42bd5cc9a04ad3cc8b">brlapi__resumeDriver</a> (<a class="el" href="group__brlapi__handles.html#ga57f2aec62b18f8aefea2ab550744b0c1">brlapi_handle_t</a> *handle)</td></tr>
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<hr/><a name="_details"></a><h2>Detailed Description</h2>
<p>If the application wants to directly talk to the braille terminal, it should use Raw Mode. In this special mode, the driver gives the whole control of the terminal to it: <em>brltty</em> doesn't work any more.</p>
<p>For this, it simply has to call <a class="el" href="group__brlapi__driverspecific.html#gad636a35db7cf7b2eaa67e6bd6d166a95">brlapi_enterRawMode()</a>, then <a class="el" href="group__brlapi__driverspecific.html#gaa8eaa8778257fcddfe06190ba7b9abc8">brlapi_sendRaw()</a> and <a class="el" href="group__brlapi__driverspecific.html#gaff4acf20bdbca4bf2d00e38385480178">brlapi_recvRaw()</a>, and finally give control back thanks to <a class="el" href="group__brlapi__driverspecific.html#ga9eb1166b438ea8bc0c6dc9b38c3b083e">brlapi_leaveRawMode()</a>.</p>
<p>Special care of the terminal should be taken, since one might completely trash the terminal's data, or even lock it! The application should always check for terminal's type thanks to <a class="el" href="group__brlapi__info.html#ga2dcd2285e75571a861c1f9c27a44bd0f">brlapi_getDriverName()</a>.</p>
<p>The client can also make brltty close the driver by using <a class="el" href="group__brlapi__driverspecific.html#gaf8f3c595385588c557ee168ece7ec9f9">brlapi_suspendDriver()</a>, and resume it again with <a class="el" href="group__brlapi__driverspecific.html#ga06d97a714703c593ec543e0cba6070ff">brlapi_resumeDriver()</a>. This should not be used if possible: raw mode should be sufficient for any use. If not, please ask for features :) </p>
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<p>Switch to Raw mode </p>
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<p>Leave Raw mode </p>
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<p>Get Raw data</p>
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<p>Resume braille driver </p>
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<p>Send Raw data</p>
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    <tr><td valign="top"></td><td valign="top"><em>buffer</em>&nbsp;</td><td>points on the data; </td></tr>
    <tr><td valign="top"></td><td valign="top"><em>size</em>&nbsp;</td><td>holds the packet size. </td></tr>
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<p>Suspend braille driver </p>
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    <tr><td valign="top"></td><td valign="top"><em>driver</em>&nbsp;</td><td>Specifies the name of the driver which will be suspended. </td></tr>
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