Re: Orca incoming messages in Gaim not being read; work-around no longer working

[Cody Hurst <churst31 verizon net>]

HI Rich,

  HI, I noticed you one feature to reread incoming messages, insert plus
1-9. I had requested this feature here a while back, and wanted to say
thanks for adding it!

CodyOn Sun, 2006-07-16 at 09:17 -0700, Rich Burridge wrote:
> Rich Burridge wrote:
> > > Hi all.  A week or so ago, I posted that incoming messages in Gaim were
> > > not being read.  At the time I was using 0.2.5.  Mike proposed a
> > > work-around, namely moving flat review to the chat area at the beginning
> > > of the session.  That worked great!!
> > >
> > > Now I am using 0.2.6 from CVS.  Incoming messages are not being read
> > > automatically and Mike's work-around is no longer working.  
> > >   
> > >     
> >
> > Can you build Orca from CVS? Will and I worked on the gaim script
> > on Friday. We hope we've now fixed this problem.
> >   
>
> I suddenly realized that you should be able to just add the new gaim.py 
> script to your
> ~/.orca/orca-scripts directory and it'll be picked up. So I've attached 
> it. I don't think
> it depends on any changes to Orca post 0.2.6.
>
> > We've also added a couple of features to the script:
> >
> >           Added in gaim script specific support for Insert-h, which
> >           toggles whether we prefix chat room messages with the name
> >           of the chat room (default is not to).
> >
> > If you are running gaim, and that application has focus, you can
> > type Insert-h, and each message that then comes in will be prefixed
> > with "Message for chat room <chat room name>" when spoken
> > or brailled. Typing Insert-h again, with turn it off (you might be
> > in a 1:1 IM with a friend and don't need to continually know the
> > chat room name).
> >
> >           Added in gaim script specific support for Insert-[<n>] where
> >           <n> is 1-9, which will speak/braille the previous <n>th message.
> >
> > Quite often if a message comes in as you are typing one, it'll get "lost".
> > Your typing will interrupt the speaking of it. The Insert-[1-9] feature
> > allows you to recap the last 9 messages without having to go into flat
> > review mode. This feature also uses the Insert-h toggle setting,
> > so each previous message will or won't be prefixed with the chat room
> > name accordingly.
> >
> >
> >
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