Merge pull request #7636 from bramd/brltty

Added BRLTTY package

lib/maintainers.nix

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
   bodil = "Bodil Stokke <nix@bodil.org>";
   boothead = "Ben Ford <ben@perurbis.com>";
   bosu = "Boris Sukholitko <boriss@gmail.com>";
+  bramd = "Bram Duvigneau <bram@bramd.nl>";
   bstrik = "Berno Strik <dutchman55@gmx.com>";
   calrama = "Moritz Maxeiner <moritz@ucworks.org>";
   campadrenalin = "Philip Horger <campadrenalin@gmail.com>";

nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-unstable.xml

@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
 
 <para>Following new services were added since the last release:
 
-<!--<itemizedlist>
-
-</itemizedlist>-->
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para><literal>brltty</literal></para></listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
 </para>
 
 <para>When upgrading from a previous release, please be aware of the

nixos/modules/module-list.nix

@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@
   ./services/hardware/actkbd.nix
   ./services/hardware/amd-hybrid-graphics.nix
   ./services/hardware/bluetooth.nix
+  ./services/hardware/brltty.nix
   ./services/hardware/freefall.nix
   ./services/hardware/nvidia-optimus.nix
   ./services/hardware/pcscd.nix

nixos/modules/services/hardware/brltty.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+  cfg = config.services.brltty;
+  
+  stateDir = "/run/brltty";
+
+  pidFile = "${stateDir}/brltty.pid";
+
+in {
+
+  options = {
+
+    services.brltty.enable = mkOption {
+      type = types.bool;
+      default = false;
+      description = "Whether to enable the BRLTTY daemon.";
+    };
+
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+
+    systemd.services.brltty = {
+      description = "Braille console driver";
+      preStart = ''
+        mkdir -p ${stateDir}
+      '';
+      serviceConfig = {
+        ExecStart = "${pkgs.brltty}/bin/brltty --pid-file=${pidFile}";
+        Type = "forking";
+        PIDFile = pidFile;
+      };
+      before = [ "sysinit.target" ];
+      wantedBy = [ "sysinit.target" ];
+    };
+
+  };
+
+}

pkgs/tools/misc/brltty/default.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, alsaSupport, alsaLib ? null, bluez }:
+
+assert alsaSupport -> alsaLib != null;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "brltty-5.2";
+  
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://brltty.com/archive/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1zaab5pxkqrv081n23p3am445d30gk0km4azqdirvcpw9z15q0cz";
+  };
+  
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig alsaLib bluez ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional alsaSupport alsaLib;
+  
+  meta = {
+    description = "Access software for a blind person using a braille display";
+    longDescription = ''
+      BRLTTY is a background process (daemon) which provides access to the Linux/Unix
+      console (when in text mode) for a blind person using a refreshable braille display.
+      It drives the braille display, and provides complete screen review functionality.
+      Some speech capability has also been incorporated. 
+    '';
+    homepage = http://www.brltty.com/;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.bramd ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+  };
+  
+  patchPhase = ''
+    substituteInPlace configure --replace /sbin/ldconfig ldconfig
+  '';
+}

pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

@@ -715,6 +715,9 @@ let
 
   brasero = callPackage ../tools/cd-dvd/brasero { };
 
+  brltty = callPackage ../tools/misc/brltty {
+    alsaSupport = (!stdenv.isDarwin);
+  };
   bro = callPackage ../applications/networking/ids/bro { };
 
   bsod = callPackage ../misc/emulators/bsod { };