Re: [orca-list] repeat characters

[bart bunting net au]

Sorry, resending as I used the incorrect from address so this mail wouldn't have made it to the list.
Bart

bart ursys com au writes:
> Hi,
>
> I was using espeak and gnome terminal.
>
> Try the string
>
> ......a
> and
> ------a
>
> I have an interface I'm trying to use which has a description at the
> front of the line followed by a series of dots then the character to
> hit to activate the menu.  Note that there is no space between the
> series of dots and the character denoting which key to hit.
>
> FWIW I'm using svn orca.
>
>
> Regards
>
> Bart
>
> Mike Pedersen writes:
>  > Hello Bart, 
>  > > Can someone tell me why when i have a lot of dots such as ....... orca doesn't recognise them as a 
> segment of repeated characters?
>  > > 
>  > > This works fine for example if they are dashes?
>  > can  you give us an example of where you are having this problem?  I
>  > just tested this in gedit using orca and espeak and got the expected
>  > behavior.  
>  > thanks
>  > Mike
>  >