[mousetweaks] Update manual about drop of AT-SPI dependency
- From: Francesco Fumanti <frfumanti src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [mousetweaks] Update manual about drop of AT-SPI dependency
- Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 18:39:32 +0000 (UTC)
commit 7eb6a8de9f110529e5699ffc2b2b559acc60c957
Author: Francesco Fumanti <francesco fumanti gmx net>
Date: Sun Jun 20 20:16:19 2010 +0200
Update manual about drop of AT-SPI dependency
help/C/mousetweaks.xml | 82 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
1 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/help/C/mousetweaks.xml b/help/C/mousetweaks.xml
index 049c8a8..9343e67 100644
--- a/help/C/mousetweaks.xml
+++ b/help/C/mousetweaks.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
</abstract>
<copyright>
- <year>2007 - 2009</year>
+ <year>2007 - 2010</year>
<holder>Francesco Fumanti</holder>
</copyright>
@@ -177,6 +177,11 @@
predefined keystroke or mouse button.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
+
+ <note>
+ <para>Since version 2.31.3, mousetweaks does not depend anymore on the
+ AT-SPI accessibility framework.</para>
+ </note>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="mouse-a11y-how-to-start-features">
@@ -367,12 +372,14 @@
</textobject>
</mediaobject>
- <remark>For instructions about how to install the Dwell Click applet
- on the GNOME panel, please have a look at <link
- linkend="mouse-a11y-start-pointer-capture">Starting The Pointer
- Capture Function</link> where you can see how it is done for the
- Pointer Capture panel applet. The procedure for the Dwell Click panel
- applet is similar.</remark>
+ <note>
+ <para>For instructions about how to install the Dwell Click applet
+ on the GNOME panel, please have a look at <link
+ linkend="mouse-a11y-start-pointer-capture">Starting The Pointer
+ Capture Function</link> where you can see how it is done for the
+ Pointer Capture panel applet. The procedure for the Dwell Click
+ panel applet is similar.</para>
+ </note>
</sect3>
</sect2>
@@ -593,16 +600,6 @@
button</mousebutton> click as soon as the user releases the the
<mousebutton>primary mouse button</mousebutton>.</para>
- <note>
- <para>On browser links, the simulated secondary click behaves
- differently: it does not wait for the user to release the
- <mousebutton>primary mouse button</mousebutton> before creating the
- simulated secondary click; the secondary click is created as soon as
- the time delay has elapsed. Previous versions of mousetweaks always
- behaved like this; but this behaviour had to be modified because of
- changes to the X server.</para>
- </note>
-
<para>The explanations above assumed that the pointer did not move
between the <mousebutton>primary mouse button</mousebutton> press and
release. If the pointer gets moved before the <mousebutton>primary
@@ -610,6 +607,14 @@
will be created. Consequently, to cancel an initiated secondary click,
the user only has to move the pointer before releasing the
<mousebutton>primary mouse button</mousebutton>.</para>
+
+ <para>Moreover, the fact that the simulated secondary click is
+ immediately preceded by a left click makes it behave differently than
+ expected when the preceding left click has an incidence on the object
+ that is to receive the simulated secondary click. Please, have a look
+ at the section about the <link
+ linkend="mouse-a11y-ssc-pecularities">Differences To The Normal
+ Secondary Click</link> for more details.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
@@ -651,7 +656,7 @@
the resulting primary click occurs just before the secondary click
created by mousetweaks. Consequently, the simulated secondary click
behaves a bit differently than the normal secondary click, because the
- latter is usually not preceeded immediately by a <mousebutton>primary
+ latter is usually not preceded immediately by a <mousebutton>primary
mouse button</mousebutton> click. For example:</para>
<itemizedlist>
@@ -662,6 +667,29 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
+ <para>When performing a simulated secondary click on a link in a
+ web page, the primary click, that preceds the simulated secondary
+ click, opens the referenced page before the simulated secondary
+ click has a chance to open the contextual menu of the link.</para>
+
+ <tip>
+ <para>The contextual menu of a link in a web page can be opened
+ by performing a simulated secondary click while keeping the Ctrl
+ modifier pressed. This works because the referenced page opens
+ in a new tab when the link receives a primary click in
+ conjunction with a pressed Ctrl modifier; which is also what
+ happens as a side effect when opening the contextual menu of a
+ link by using the simulated secondary click in conjunction with
+ the Ctrl modifier.</para>
+
+ <para>However the browser has to be configured to not
+ automatically switch to the new tab when it opens; otherwise the
+ page with the link disappears as the new tab becomes visible and
+ the contextual menu does not appear.</para>
+ </tip>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
<para>When the simulated secondary click is performed on the trash
icon in the panel, not only does the contextual menu appear, but
the trash folder also opens. (The former is caused by the
@@ -677,9 +705,11 @@
</note>
<para>Looking at it the other way, it is no possible to perform a long
- motionless <mousebutton>primary mouse button</mousebutton> press,
- without also triggering the secondary click. This may also have
- unexpected consequences for some users. For example:</para>
+ motionless <mousebutton>primary mouse button</mousebutton> press
+ without also triggering the secondary click, unless the pointer is
+ moved before the <mousebutton>primary mouse button</mousebutton>
+ release. This may also have unexpected consequences for some users.
+ For example:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
@@ -968,10 +998,12 @@
panel, into which the user can lock the pointer until he releases it in
a determined way.</para>
- <remark>Have a look at <link
- linkend="mouse-a11y-start-pointer-capture">Starting The Pointer Capture
- Function</link> for instructions about how to install the pointer
- capture applet on the GNOME panel.</remark>
+ <note>
+ <para>Have a look at <link
+ linkend="mouse-a11y-start-pointer-capture">Starting The Pointer
+ Capture Function</link> for instructions about how to install the
+ pointer capture applet on the GNOME panel.</para>
+ </note>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
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